Section 371.257 - Surrender of License(a) The holder of a pawnshop license or a pawnshop employee license may surrender the license by complying with the commissioner's written instructions relating to license surrender . (b) Surrender does not affect a license holder's civil or criminal liability for an act committed before the surrender.Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 159,Sec. 29, eff. 9/1/2023. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1997.