{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-371.257","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 371.257","heading":"SURRENDER OF LICENSE.","body":"(a) The holder of a pawnshop license or a pawnshop employee license may surrender the license by complying with the commissioner's written instructions relating to license surrender.\n(b) Surrender does not affect a license holder's civil or criminal liability for an act committed before the surrender.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 159 (S.B. 1371), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 4. REGULATION OF INTEREST, LOANS, AND FINANCED TRANSACTIONS","SUBTITLE C. PAWNSHOPS","CHAPTER 371. PAWNSHOPS","SUBCHAPTER F. LICENSE REVOCATION, SUSPENSION, AND SURRENDER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.371.htm#371.257","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"2246c8ae57dd7f95c79335857125f632c304c0582eecdd86a810c2df65fc5d87","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-371.256","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-371.258"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}