N.Y. ACA Law § 25.29
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Unlawful charges in connection with tickets
Official statutory text
* § 25.29. Unlawful charges in connection with tickets. 1. No operator\nof any place of entertainment, or his or her agent, representative,\nemployee or licensee shall, if a price be charged for admission thereto,\nexact, demand, accept or receive, directly or indirectly, any premium or\nprice in excess of the established price plus lawful taxes whether\ndesignated as price, gratuity or otherwise; provided, however: (a)\nnothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit a reasonable\nservice charge by the operator or agents of the operator for special\nservices, including but not limited to, sales away from the box office,\ncredit card sales or delivery; and (b) nothing in this article shall be\nconstrued to prohibit an operator or its agent from offering for initial\nsale tickets by means of an auction.\n 2. A reasonable and actual cost for the physical delivery of tickets\nmay be charged by a seller or reseller based on the method of delivery\nselected by the purchaser; provided, however, that no delivery fee shall\nbe charged by a seller or reseller for tickets delivered electronically\nor tickets that may be printed independently by the purchaser.\n 3. In any prosecution under this section the attorney general shall\nhave concurrent jurisdiction with any district attorney and in any such\nprosecution he or she or his or her deputy shall exercise all the powers\nand perform all the duties which the district attorney would otherwise\nbe authorized to exercise or perform therein.\n * NB Repealed July 1, 2027\n
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