Tex. Finance Code § 371.179
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 371.179, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 371.179. DISPLAYS OF CERTAIN WEAPONS PROHIBITED.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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