{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-371.177","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 371.177","heading":"PURCHASE OF USED PERSONAL PROPERTY.","body":"A pawnbroker may not purchase used personal property from a person other than another pawnbroker unless a record is established that contains:\n(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;\n(2) a complete description of the property, including the serial number, if reasonably available, or other identifying characteristics; and\n(3) the seller's signed statement that the seller has the right to sell the property.\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 D. OPERATION OF PAWNSHOPS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.371.htm#371.177","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"68ae41c3a22724e591839381ee9001e8c934877ec9df142f89c5539937e1297f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-371.176","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-371.178"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}