Legislation
SECTION 25.05
Ticket speculators
Arts and Cultural Affairs (ACA) CHAPTER 11-C, TITLE G, ARTICLE 25
* § 25.05. Ticket speculators. Any person who:
1. Conducts on or in any street in a city or in the county of Nassau
the business of selling or offering for sale any ticket of admission or
any other evidence of the right of entry to any performance or
exhibition in or about the premises of any theatre or concert hall,
place of public amusement, circus or common show; or
2. Solicits on or in any street in a city or in the county of Nassau
by words, signs, circulars or other means any person to purchase any
such ticket or other evidence of the right of entry; or
3. In or from any building, store, shop, booth, yard, garden or in or
from any opening, window, door, hallway, corridor or in or from any
place of ingress or egress to or from any building, place of business,
store, shop, booth, yard or garden in a city or in the county of Nassau
indicates, holds out or offers for sale to any person or persons on or
in the street by word of mouth, crying, calling, shouting or other means
that such ticket or other evidence of the right of entry may be
purchased in such building, store, shop, booth, yard, garden or any
other place; or
4. In or from any such place or places in a city or in the county of
Nassau solicits by word of mouth, crying, calling, shouting or other
means any person on or in the street to purchase any such ticket or
other evidence of the right of entry, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
* NB Effective July 1, 2025
1. Conducts on or in any street in a city or in the county of Nassau
the business of selling or offering for sale any ticket of admission or
any other evidence of the right of entry to any performance or
exhibition in or about the premises of any theatre or concert hall,
place of public amusement, circus or common show; or
2. Solicits on or in any street in a city or in the county of Nassau
by words, signs, circulars or other means any person to purchase any
such ticket or other evidence of the right of entry; or
3. In or from any building, store, shop, booth, yard, garden or in or
from any opening, window, door, hallway, corridor or in or from any
place of ingress or egress to or from any building, place of business,
store, shop, booth, yard or garden in a city or in the county of Nassau
indicates, holds out or offers for sale to any person or persons on or
in the street by word of mouth, crying, calling, shouting or other means
that such ticket or other evidence of the right of entry may be
purchased in such building, store, shop, booth, yard, garden or any
other place; or
4. In or from any such place or places in a city or in the county of
Nassau solicits by word of mouth, crying, calling, shouting or other
means any person on or in the street to purchase any such ticket or
other evidence of the right of entry, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
* NB Effective July 1, 2025