N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law 25.17 – Supervision and regulation
* § 25.17. Supervision and regulation. The secretary of state shall have power, upon complaint of any person or on his or her own initiative, to investigate the business, business practices and business methods of any such licensee which relates to this state's or any other state's ticket resale law, or in regards to ticket resale practices generally. Each such licensee shall be obliged, on the reasonable request of the secretary of state, to supply such information as may be required concerning his or her business, business practices or business methods provided that the information requested is related to the complaint which forms the basis of such investigation. Each operator of any place of entertainment shall also be obliged, on request of the secretary of state, to supply such information as may be required concerning the business, business practices or business methods of any licensee provided that the information requested is related to the complaint which forms the basis of such investigation. The secretary of state shall have the power to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the enforcement of this article.
Terms Used In N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law 25.17
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Entertainment: means all forms of entertainment including, but not limited to, theatrical or operatic performances, concerts, motion pictures, all forms of entertainment at fair grounds, amusement parks and all types of athletic competitions including football, basketball, baseball, boxing, tennis, hockey, and any other sport, and all other forms of diversion, recreation or show. See N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law 25.03
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Operator: means any person who owns, operates, or controls a place of entertainment or who promotes or produces an entertainment. See N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law 25.03
- 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
* NB Effective until July 1, 2025
* § 25.17. Removal of office. If the holder of an unexpired license or certificate issued pursuant to this article shall remove the office, branch office, bureau, agency or sub-agency to a place other than that described in the license or certificate, he shall within the twenty-four hours immediately following such removal, give written notice of such removal to such commissioner, which notice shall describe the premises to which such removal is made and the date on which it was made, and send such license or certificate to such commissioner, at his office in the political subdivision, and such commissioner shall cause to be written or stamped across the face of such license or certificate a statement to the effect that the holder of such license has removed on the date stated in such written notice such principal office, branch office, bureau, agency or sub-agency from the place originally described in such license or certificate to the place described in such written notice, and such license or certificate with the endorsement thereon shall be returned to the licensee named therein. No tickets, or evidence or tokens thereof, shall be sold at any place other than places for which a license or certificate provided for by this article has been issued and posted.
* NB Effective July 1, 2025