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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 261<\/a> and 268<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83476,"section_number":"59.1-466.7","catch_line":"Enforcement; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-466.7\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261693,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57445,"identifier":"59.1-466.6","token":"59.1\/38.2\/59.1-466.6","url":"\/59.1-466.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-466.6\/","token":"59.1\/38.2\/59.1-466.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Ticket resale limitations; prohibition; exception","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-466.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person that issues<\/span> tickets for admission to an event<\/span> shall issue<\/span> any such ticket solely through a delivery method that substantially prevents the purchaser<\/span> of the ticket from lawfully reselling the ticket on the Internet ticketing platform<\/span> of the ticket purchaser<\/span>’s choice. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No person shall be discriminated against or denied admission to an event<\/span> solely on the basis that the person resold a ticket, or purchased a resold ticket, on a specific Internet ticketing platform<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> This section shall not apply to (i) student tickets issued for an event<\/span> at an auxiliary enterprise facility financed with bonds<\/span> issued under Article X, Section 9(d) of the Constitution of Virginia and supported in part by student fees or (ii) any concert or theater venue<\/span> located within or adjacent to a national park that offers yearly memberships that include concert or theater tickets as part of the membership benefit. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTICKET RESALE LIMITATIONS; PROHIBITION; EXCEPTION (\u00a7 59.1-466.6)\n\nA. No person that issues tickets for admission to an event shall issue any such\nticket solely through a delivery method that substantially prevents the\npurchaser of the ticket from lawfully reselling the ticket on the Internet\nticketing platform of the ticket purchaser’s choice.\n\nB. No person shall be discriminated against or denied admission to an event\nsolely on the basis that the person resold a ticket, or purchased a resold\nticket, on a specific Internet ticketing platform.\n\nC. This section shall not apply to (i) student tickets issued for an event at an\nauxiliary enterprise facility financed with bonds issued under Article X,\nSection 9(d) of the Constitution of Virginia and supported in part by student\nfees or (ii) any concert or theater venue located within or adjacent to a\nnational park that offers yearly memberships that include concert or theater\ntickets as part of the membership benefit.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, cc. 261, 268.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}