Tex. Fin. Code § 371.160 · Subchapter D. OPERATION OF PAWNSHOPS
MATURITY DATE; MEMORANDUM OF EXTENSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A pawnbroker may not enter a pawn transaction that has a maturity date later than one month after the date of the transaction.
(b) The pledgor and the pawnbroker by written agreement may change the maturity date of a pawn transaction to a subsequent date.
(c) The written agreement must clearly set out:
(1) the new redemption date; and
(2) the amount of any additional pawn service charge.
(d) The pawnbroker must provide a copy of the written agreement to the pledgor.
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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