1999 Minnesota Statutes

     609.805 Ticket scalping.  

    Subdivision 1.    Definition.  "Event" means a theater 
 performance or show, circus, athletic contest or other 
 entertainment or amusement to which the general public is 
 admitted.  

    Subd. 2.    Acts constituting.  Whoever intentionally 
 does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor: 

    (1) Issues or sells tickets to an event without printing 
 thereon in a conspicuous place the price of the ticket and the 
 seat number, if any; or 

    (2) Charges for admission to an event a price greater than 
 that advertised or stated on tickets issued for the event; or 

    (3) Sells or offers to sell a ticket to an event at a price 
 greater than that charged at the place of admission or printed 
 on the ticket; or 

    (4) Having received a ticket to an event under conditions 
 restricting its transfer, sells it in violation of such 
 conditions; or 

    (5) Being in control of premises on or in which an event is 
 conducted, permits the sale or exhibition for sale on or in such 
 premises of a ticket to the event at a price greater than 
 printed thereon.  

    Subd. 3.    Exception.  The provisions of subdivisions 
 1 and 2 shall not prohibit charging a fee for services rendered 
 in connection with the sale of a ticket to an event if the fee 
 is permitted pursuant to a contract between the ticket seller 
 and the promoter of an event.  

    HIST: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.805; 1971 c 23 s 82; 1975 c 427 s 
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