Va. Code § 59.1-466.5

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 59.1-466.5 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Event" means any professional concert, live entertainment event, professional sporting or athletic event, or professional theatrical production open to the public for which tickets are ordinarily sold.

"Internet ticketing platform" means a marketplace or exchange that enables consumers to purchase and sell tickets to events.

"Operator" means a person or subsidiary thereof that owns, operates, or controls a place of entertainment.

"Primary ticket provider" means a provider of ticketing services, or an agent of such provider, that engages in the original sale of tickets for an event.

"Purchaser" means an individual who purchases a ticket to an event.

"Resale" means the sale of a ticket other than the original sale of a ticket by a primary ticket provider.

"Reseller" means a person that sells or offers to sell tickets for resale.

"Rights holder" means any person or entity that has the initial ownership rights to sell a ticket to an event for which tickets for entry by the public are required and does not include a primary ticket provider unless the primary ticket provider is also the rights holder.

"URL" means the Uniform Resource Locator associated with an online website.

Va. Code § 59.1-466.5

2017, cc. 261, 268; 2023, cc. 304, 305.
Amended by Acts 2023 c. 305,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Acts 2023 c. 304,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Added by Acts 2017 c. 268, § 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Added by Acts 2017 c. 261, § 1, eff. 7/1/2017.