Tex. Fin. Code § 371.180 · Subchapter D. OPERATION OF PAWNSHOPS
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who does not hold a pawnshop license may not:
(1) advertise or cause to be advertised the making, arranging, or negotiating of a loan subject to this chapter; or
(2) use in an advertisement a word, symbol, or statement that states or suggests that the person is a pawnbroker.
(b) In each advertisement that purports to offer credit subject to this chapter, the advertiser shall disclose the legal or registered name of the advertiser and the physical address of the advertiser's place of business. This subsection does not apply to an advertisement located on the premises of the advertiser's place of business.
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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- 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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