Sec. 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.