Tex. Finance Code § 371.177
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 371.177, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 371.177. PURCHASE OF USED PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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