13-54-102.  Definitions.

(1)  “Consumer” means a person who purchases a ticket for use by the person or the person’s invitee.

Terms Used In Utah Code 13-54-102

  • 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.
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
(2)  “Division” means the Division of Consumer Protection in the Department of Commerce.

(3)  “Domain” means the portion of text in a URL that is to the left of the top-level domain.

(4)  “Event” means a single, specific occurrence of one of the following, that takes place at a venue:

(a)  a concert;

(b)  a game;

(c)  a performance;

(d)  a show; or

(e)  an occasion similar to the occasions described in Subsections (4)(a) through (d).

(5)  “Event participant” means any of the following persons who is associated with an event or on behalf of whom a person sells a ticket to an event:

(a)  an artist;

(b)  a league;

(c)  a team;

(d)  a tour group;

(e)  a venue; or

(f)  any person similar to the persons described in Subsections (5)(a) through (e).

(6)  “Person” does not include a government entity.

(7)  “Primary ticket seller” means the person who first sells a particular ticket.

(8) 

(a)  “Reseller” means a person who sells or offers for sale a ticket after it is sold by a primary ticket seller.

(b)  “Reseller” includes a person who engages in conduct described in Subsection (8)(a), regardless of whether the person is also the primary ticket seller of the ticket or the primary ticket seller of another ticket to the same event.

(c)  “Reseller” does not include a person who transfers a ticket to another person without reimbursement or consideration.

(9)  “Ticket” means evidence of an individual’s right of entry to an event.

(10)  “Ticket aggregator” means a person who aggregates the prices for which other persons offer tickets for sale or resale.

(11)  “Ticket purchasing software” means software that is primarily designed for the purpose of:

(a)  interfering with the sale of tickets by circumventing controls or measures on a ticket website to bypass posted event ticket purchasing limits; or

(b)  undermining the integrity of posted online ticket purchasing order rules.

(12)  “Ticket website” means:

(a)  with respect to a reseller, a website on which the reseller sells or offers for sale or resale one or more tickets; or

(b)  with respect to a ticket aggregator, a website on which the ticket aggregator aggregates the prices for which other persons offer tickets for sale or resale.

(13)  “Top-level domain” includes .com, .net, and .org.

(14)  “URL” means the uniform resource locator for a website on the Internet.

(15) 

(a)  “Venue” means real property located in the state where one or more persons host a concert, game, performance, show, or similar occasion.

(b)  “Venue” includes an arena, a stadium, a theater, a concert hall, an amphitheater, a fairground, a club, a convention center, a public assembly facility, or a mass gathering location.

Amended by Chapter 251, 2023 General Session