Tex. Fin. Code § 371.179 · Subchapter D. OPERATION OF PAWNSHOPS
DISPLAYS OF CERTAIN WEAPONS PROHIBITED.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A pawnbroker may not display for sale in a storefront window or sidewalk display case or depict on a sign or advertisement in such a way that the item, sign, or advertisement may be viewed from a street:
(1) a pistol;
(2) a dirk;
(3) a dagger;
(4) a blackjack;
(5) a hand chain;
(6) a sword cane;
(7) knuckles made of metal or any other hard substance; or
(8) a switchblade, springblade, or throwblade knife.
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
- Text hash
- sha256 92ab1ca60d7fe6de39979d0c3c9f3a5891387a1d45334d3e29daa6800f4be64d
- Composed by
- 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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