State RegulationsTX specificDifficulty 2/5
A Texas agent lets the license expire and does not complete continuing education, pay the deficiency fine or file a renewal within 90 days after the expiration date. What is the status of that license?
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Why A is correct
Under TIC 4003.001-.007, if a license is not renewed with completed continuing education, the renewal fee and any deficiency fine within 90 days after expiration, the license is cancelled rather than merely lapsed. Once cancelled the person must start over with a new application and re-qualify. The 90-day renewal notice TDI sends is delivered before expiration as a reminder; it is not a post-expiry grace period that keeps the license alive.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) Cancellation ends the license; there is no indefinite inactive status that a fee payment can revive.
- C) Suspension is a disciplinary sanction imposed by TDI after a violation, not the consequence of failing to renew on time.
- D) The 90-day notice is sent before the license expires; after expiration the statute gives the agent 90 days to cure, not notice to cure again.
Memory hook
90 days before is the reminder; 90 days after is the deadline that kills the license.