Consumer Protection - Sale and Resale of Event Tickets - Registration and Regulation

HB 77 requires ticket resellers selling 50+ tickets annually to register with Maryland’s Division of Consumer Protection, providing personal details including a Social Security number and maintaining a $10,000 financial guarantee. It prohibits resellers from charging excessive fees or selling tickets above a set price, mandates secondary marketplaces to verify reseller registration, and requires resellers to report purchase/resale prices every six months. The law also enforces refunds within 7 days for failed ticket deliveries and bans restrictions on transferring publicly sold tickets. Violations are treated as consumer protection breaches under Maryland law, subject to fines and enforcement. This directly affects individual resellers, secondary ticket platforms, and event promoters selling tickets.