N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law 25.10 – Ticket resale requirements
* § 25.10. Ticket resale requirements. 1. It shall be unlawful for a licensee or other ticket reseller to contract for the sale of tickets, contract to obtain tickets for another, or accept consideration for payment in full or for a deposit for the sale of tickets unless such licensee or other ticket reseller meets one or more of the following requirements:
Terms Used In N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law 25.10
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Resale: means any sale of a ticket for entrance to a place of entertainment located within the boundaries of the state of New York other than a sale by the operator or the operator's agent who is expressly authorized to make first sales of such tickets. See N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law 25.03
- Ticket: means any evidence of the right of entry to any place of entertainment. See N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law 25.03
(a) such licensee or other ticket reseller has the offered ticket in its possession;
(b) such licensee or other ticket reseller has a written contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person in possession of the ticket or from a person who has a contractual right to obtain such ticket; or
(c) such licensee or other ticket reseller informs the purchaser in a clear and conspicuous manner and in plain language at the time of offering such ticket for sale and in a written notice prior to the completion of the transaction that such licensee or other ticket reseller does not have possession of the ticket, has no contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person in possession of the ticket or from a person who has a contractual right to obtain such ticket, may not be able to supply the ticket at the contracted price or range of prices, and requires such purchaser to expressly confirm prior to completing the transaction that the purchaser has read such notice.
2. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a licensee or other ticket reseller from accepting a deposit from a prospective purchaser for a resale pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision one of this section, provided that such licensee or other ticket reseller informs the purchaser in writing prior to receipt of consideration of the terms of the deposit agreement, and includes in the written notice the disclosures otherwise required by this section. If a licensee or ticket reseller has entered into a contract with or received consideration from a prospective purchaser for the sale of a ticket or tickets and cannot supply such ticket or tickets at the contracted price or price range, such licensee or ticket reseller shall refund any monies paid by such prospective purchaser within ten business days of receipt of a request for a refund from such purchaser.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to nullify, expand, restrict, or otherwise amend or modify now existing laws or regulations outside of this article, and nothing in this section shall be construed as making lawful any fraudulent, deceptive, or illegal act or practice that is unlawful pursuant to now existing laws or regulations.
4. The attorney general shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this § of the executive law.
* NB Repealed July 1, 2025