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HRS §481B-15

Ticket brokers: fees; cancellation

This law covers ticket resellers. They must tell you before charging a credit card fee, and they must refund all service fees if the event is canceled. It defines who counts as a ticket broker.

businesses

The statute, as written — Ticket brokers; fees; cancellation

(a) No ticket broker shall charge a fee for the use of a credit card to purchase tickets without first disclosing that a fee will be charged. (b) A ticket broker shall refund any and all service fees charged for the purchase of a ticket when the public exhibition, game, contest, or performance for which the ticket was purchased is canceled. (c) For the purposes of this section, "ticket broker" means any person engaged in the business of selling tickets of admission or any other evidence of right of entry to a theater, place of amusement or entertainment, or other place where public exhibitions, games, contests, or performances are held, at a price greater than the price printed on the ticket.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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