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Texas Finance Code § 371.179

Displays of Certain Weapons Prohibited

Pawnshops · Operation of Pawnshops

A pawnbroker may not display for sale in a storefront window or sidewalk display case or depict on a sign or advertisement in such a way that the item, sign, or advertisement may be viewed from a street:

(1) a pistol;

(2) a dirk;

(3) a dagger;

(4) a blackjack;

(5) a hand chain;

(6) a sword cane;

(7) knuckles made of metal or any other hard substance; or

(8) a switchblade, springblade, or throwblade knife.

Official text of the Texas Finance Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.