Finance Code § 371.163

Sec. 371.163. LOST OR DESTROYED TICKET. (a) If a pawn ticket is lost, destroyed, or stolen, the pledgor may notify the pawnbroker of that fact in writing. Receipt of this notice invalidates the pawn ticket if the pledged goods have not been redeemed. (b) The pawnbroker shall require the pledgor to make a written statement of the loss, destruction, or theft before the pawnbroker delivers the pledged goods or issues a new pawn ticket. (c) The pawnbroker shall record on the written statement: (1) the date the statement is made; and (2) the number of the pawn ticket lost, destroyed, or stolen. (d) The statement must be signed by the pawnbroker or the pawnshop employee who accepts the statement from the pledgor. (e) A pawnbroker is entitled to a fee of not more than $1 in connection with the accepting of a written statement under this section. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 801, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.