haybsnrn123

I am wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and can let me know their timeline and how things turned out. When I was 16 I was caught shoplifting. I completed community service hours and the charges were dropped. This was 10 years ago and I have not had any altercations with the law since. About 2 years ago I did a fingerprint background check on myself and saw that the arrest for juvenile petty theft still showed up. I sent in a petition to seal my record, the judge approved and I was given a copy of the court order (This all happened in California) Fast forward to now, I applied to Texas BON for initial licensure. I applied online and checked "no" on the criminal history section because it specifically states that sealed records do not need to be disclosed. (After reading more on this forum I definitely should have checked yes, sealed or not) After over a month of hearing nothing from them and waiting for my ATT I called and was told that they were investigating my fingerprint background check. I explained to the lady on the phone that I potentially had a sealed record show up on the background check and asked her what the process was. She told me I could email them additional documents and that they had 30 business days to investigate. I emailed them the court order. I emailed them again to ask about a timeline today and was told that I was under investigation by the enforcement department and it would be a MINIMUM of 30 business days to receive an outcome letter. I have not received any official notice from them, everything has been on the phone or in response to an email I initiated. I am reading that this could take months which seems outrageous to investigate a sealed juvenile record. I am also considering sending in a declaratory order but they haven't asked me to and I don't want to further delay the process with more paperwork. Has anyone been in a similar situation and how long was the process?