Tex. Finance Code § 371.177: PURCHASE OF USED PERSONAL PROPERTY.

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.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.