{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-371.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 371.051","heading":"PAWNSHOP LICENSE REQUIRED.","body":"A person may not engage in business as a pawnbroker unless the person holds a pawnshop license.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 4. REGULATION OF INTEREST, LOANS, AND FINANCED TRANSACTIONS","SUBTITLE C. PAWNSHOPS","CHAPTER 371. PAWNSHOPS","SUBCHAPTER B. PAWNSHOP LICENSE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.371.htm#371.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"27b716290608c8f6dd90008f4d9fb3b33d006eeee724a71d8d15d0bcde4d097d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-371.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-371.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}