Texas Judicial

Branch

Licensed Court Interpreters

Exam Procedures & Fees 

Exams are administered solely for the purpose of licensure and must not be utilized for practice or other purposes.

Your registration application and payment must be submitted online by the established dates on the Exams page.

Before the Exam

  1. Applicants register for the exam with the JBCC by the established deadline date. This means that your completed paperwork must be submitted online by close of business on that date. If there are any insufficiencies with your paperwork, you will be notified via email. Insufficiencies must be resolved by the established exam deadline date; otherwise, you will not be able to take the exam.
    • Applicants will not be registered for the exam until they have completed all requirements listed on the Initial Licensure page of our website prior to applying to test.
  2. You will receive confirmation that you've been registered for the exam, as well as the date, time, and location of the exam, via email. Any questions regarding your registration must be submitted to courtinterpreters@txcourts.gov.

Applying for the Exam

  • Applications submitted unaccompanied by payment will not be processed.
  • Exam registrations submitted without an application for certification on file will not be processed.
    • To apply online, please go to the online certification and licensing system on our home page.

First-Time Applicants (i.e., those who have not applied with us before):

First-Time applicants, and those reinstating a license that's been expired for a year or more, must submit the following items in the order shown below:

  1. Application for Licensure and application fee, accompanied by 
    • An uploaded copy of your pre-Orientation Course Completion Certificate to your online application, and
    • An uploaded copy of your fingerprinting receipt (after you've been fingerprinted) to your online application.
  2. The Exam Registration Form (with the exam fee), only after all items in #1 have been submitted.

Existing Applicants (i.e., those who have applied with us before):
Login to your online profile and click the Apply for Exam link on the What Do You Want to Do menu of your home page. Follow the instructions accordingly from there.

You must apply for the exam via our online licensing and certification system. To apply online, please go to the online certification and licensing system on our home page.

Oral Exam Applicants and Applicants re-taking the Written Exam:

You must qualify to take the oral exam prior to applying (i.e., have already passed the written exam).

You must ensure your orientation course certificate will be less than 2 years old as of the exam date.

Submit the items below: 

  1. Exam Registration Form.
  2. Exam Registration Fee

Fees

All fees are non-refundable. However, if you have a fee dispute you must submit it to courtinterpreters@txcourts.gov for resolution.

  • Oral Exam Fee: $300.00
  • Written Exam Fee: $100.00
  • Written Exam Regrade Fee: $35.00
  • Acceptable forms of payment:  Credit Card or Debit Card