Section 25.03 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Reselling of tickets of admission; licenses; fees1. No person, firm or corporation shall resell or engage in the business of reselling any tickets of admission or any other evidence of the right of entry to a theatre, place of amusement or entertainment, or other places where public exhibitions, games, contests or performances are held, or own, conduct or maintain any office, branch office, bureau, agency or sub-agency for such business without having first procured a license or certificate therefor from the commissioner of licenses of the political subdivision in which such person intends to conduct such business and if there be no such commissioner, then the chief executive officer thereof shall be deemed to be the commissioner for the purposes of this article. A license for the principal office shall be granted upon the payment by or on behalf of the applicant of a fee of two hundred dollars and shall be renewed upon the payment of a like fee annually; and a certificate shall be granted for each branch office, bureau, agency or sub-agency, upon payment by or on behalf of an applicant of a fee of fifty dollars and shall be renewed upon the payment of a like fee annually. Such license or certificate shall not be transferred or assigned, except by permission of such commissioner. No change in the location of the premises covered by such license or certificate shall be made, except by permission of such commissioner, and upon the payment of a fee of ten dollars. Such license or certificate shall run to the first day of January next ensuing the date thereof, unless sooner revoked by such commissioner. Such license or certificate shall be granted upon a written application setting forth such information as such commissioner may require in order to enable him to carry into effect the provisions of this article and shall be accompanied by proof satisfactory to such commissioner of the moral character of the applicant. No license or certificate shall be issued for any office or branch office, bureau, agency or sub-agency unless such office or branch office, bureau, agency or sub-agency shall be a suitable place for the conduct of said business and shall meet with the approval of such commissioner.2. This section shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation which purchases any tickets as defined in this section with the intent of using the tickets solely for their own use or the use of their invitees, employees and agents and resells them at a price not in excess of that permitted by section 25.13 of this article should they no longer be able to use them.N.Y. Arts and Cult. Aff. Law § 25.03
Amended by New York Laws 2022, ch. 358, Sec. F-1, eff. 6/30/2022.Amended by New York Laws 2021, ch. 148, Sec. 2, eff. 6/11/2021.Amended by New York Laws 2017, ch. 68, Sec. 2, eff. 6/29/2017.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.