Tex. Finance Code § 371.181
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 371.181, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 371.181. STOLEN GOODS.
Official statutory text
(a) A pawnbroker shall monitor goods purchased, accepted in pawn, or otherwise acquired by the pawnbroker in order to identify and prohibit transactions involving stolen goods.
(b) The Finance Commission of Texas shall adopt rules that allow:
(1) a consumer who has filed an offense report with a local law enforcement agency to request that a pawnbroker search the records of the pawnshop; and
(2) the pawnbroker to assist the consumer and the local law enforcement agency in locating and recovering stolen property.
(b) The Finance Commission of Texas shall adopt rules that allow:
(1) a consumer who has filed an offense report with a local law enforcement agency to request that a pawnbroker search the records of the pawnshop; and
(2) the pawnbroker to assist the consumer and the local law enforcement agency in locating and recovering stolen property.
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