TBI background check delay

[Rich1983]

On the 3rd of January I went to purchase a new pistol and was denied by TBI. Sent in the appell the same day. Here we are 26 days later and my FFL says there has been no status change. I have received nothing from TBI and they have basicly turned off there phones due to high volume. I have nothing on my record that I am aware of. What kind of recourse do I have? Should I not have at least been put in a conditional release status after 15 days? Thanks for the help.

[DaveTN]

You say you have a “clean record”, but have you been arrested for something and the charges were dropped/dismissed? A common problem is an arrest not showing a disposition.

Did you use your SS number on the form?

You may be on a conditional release and the FFL just doesn’t want to do it.

Not much you can do but wait to see what happens or talk to the TBI.

[Rich1983]

Never been arrested. I had a few speeding tickets in the past but paid all. I did put my SS number on the form. I'm surprised that I have not received anything from TBI. FFL says I'm not on a conditional release. I'm at a loss. This seems like more than a reasonable amount of time for them to conduct a background check.

[DaveTN]

I went through it twice before getting it straightened out, both mine only took 3-4 days.

I don’t think there is much you can do until you talk with the TBI. But maybe someone else has some ideas. Good luck.

[Rich1983]

Did you get something in the mail? How did you communicate with them? 

[Esko 270]

I went through this a few years ago and it tuned out to be a speeding ticket that I had paid late but the County Clerks office did not send it were they were supposed to.The TBI will not help you figure it out. I got very lucky and caught a lady in a good mood,she give me a hint. She asked me if something had happened on a certain date and I went from there. There's another thread about this kind of thing on here somewhere that might help if you can find it. 

Edited January 28, 2017 by Esko 270

[DaveTN]

18 hours ago, Rich1983 said:

Did you get something in the mail? How did you communicate with them? 

I called the TBI both times. They said they couldn’t tell me what the charge was; I told them. Mine was a 20 year old charge in Illinois that I had a gun in my car. I told them the charges were dismissed. She told me the charge didn’t show a disposition. From that I had to go through a process of getting the disposition on file.

But if you have never been arrested; that probably isn’t your issue. It sounds like there may be an identity question. But that’s just a WAG.