{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-466.5","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 59.1-466.5","heading":"Definitions","body":"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.2017, cc. 261, 268; 2023, cc. 304, 305.","path":["Title 59.1. Trade and Commerce","Chapter 38.2. Ticket Resale Rights Act"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/59.1-466.5/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:49Z","sha256":"30190389fbf4dff62862172ef79d3c3bd20a3e01254220cea1eb3a7139419e45","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-466.4","next":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-466.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}