Tex. Fin. Code § 371.152 · Subchapter D. OPERATION OF PAWNSHOPS
RECORDKEEPING.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A pawnbroker, consistent with accepted accounting practices, shall keep adequate books and records relating to the pawnbroker's pawn transactions and any other business regulated by this chapter.
(b) Books and records shall be preserved at least until the second anniversary of the date of the last transaction recorded.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.371.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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