Texas Business And Commerce Code § 17.20 Content Of Invoice For Secondhand Watch

Sec. 17.20. CONTENT OF INVOICE FOR SECONDHAND WATCH. (a) No person in the business of buying or selling watches may sell or transfer a secondhand watch unless he gives the purchaser or transferee a written invoice

(1) bearing the words "secondhand watch" in letters larger than any other letters on the invoice, except those of the letterhead; and

(2) listing the following items:

(A) the seller's or transferor's name and address;

(B) the purchaser's or transferee's name and address;

(C) the date of sale or transfer;

(D) the name of the watch or its manufacturer; and

(E) the serial number or proprietary mark on the watch or, if the serial number or proprietary mark has been removed, altered, or covered up, a statement to that effect.

(b) The seller or transferor shall keep on file a duplicate of the invoice required by Subsection (a) of this section for at least five years from the date of sale or transfer.

(c) The county or district attorney, or his authorized representative, of the county in which the seller or transferor does business may inspect the duplicate invoice described in Subsection (b) of this section

(1) during the seller's or transferor's business hours; and

(2) at the seller's or transferor's business address.

Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1967.

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