A person may not use any device, subterfuge, or pretense to evade the application of this subchapter. A device, subterfuge, or pretense includes any transaction that in form may appear on its face to be something other than a pawn transaction, but in substance meets the definition of a pawn transaction as defined in the Texas Pawnshop Act, §371.003(8).

Source Note: The provisions of this §85.103 adopted to be effective September 5, 1999, 24 TexReg 6712; amended to be effective July 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 3392