Tex. Finance Code § 342.153
MINIMUM ASSETS FOR LICENSE
Texas · Texas Finance Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Finance Code § 342.153, MINIMUM ASSETS FOR LICENSE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/647227
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a license holder shall maintain for each office for which a license is held net assets of at least $25,000 that are used or readily available for use in conducting the business of that office.
(b) A license holder who held a license under the Texas Regulatory Loan Act and was issued a license to make loans under that chapter as provided by Section 4, Chapter 274, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967, shall maintain for the office for which that license is held net assets of at least $15,000 that are used or readily available for use in conducting the business of that office.
(c) A license holder who paid the pawnbroker's occupational tax for 1967 and was issued a license to make loans under that chapter as provided by Section 4, Chapter 274, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967, is exempt from the minimum assets requirement of Subsection (a) for the office for which that license is held.
(d) If a license holder holds a license to which Subsection (b) or (c) applies and subsequently transfers the license to another person, the minimum assets required under Subsection (a) shall apply to the license and the subsequent license holder.