Tex. Fin. Code § 371.177 · Subchapter D. OPERATION OF PAWNSHOPS
PURCHASE OF USED PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A pawnbroker may not purchase used personal property from a person other than another pawnbroker unless a record is established that contains:
(1) the seller's name, address, and physical description and a driver's license number, military identification number, identification certificate number, or other official number that can identify the seller;
(2) a complete description of the property, including the serial number, if reasonably available, or other identifying characteristics; and
(3) the seller's signed statement that the seller has the right to sell the property.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- 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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