Georgia law prohibits any person from engaging in the practice or business of a ticket broker if that person has been convicted of a felony and has not had his or her rights restored. A criminal background check must be conducted on each applicant for a new or renewed license. The results of that check must then be  submitted to the commission.

Ticket Broker License Application

Georgia law requires that prior to obtaining a ticket broker license you must register with the Georgia Department of Revenue for sales and use tax purposes pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 – Official Code of Georgia Annotated. Virtually all registrations with the Internal Revenue Service as well as with the Georgia Department of Revenue can now be completed electronically. 

            “Any ticket broker offering to resell tickets to an athletic or entertainment event through any printed, broadcast, or Internet advertising shall include in such advertising the license number of such ticket broker offering such tickets for resale.” (O.C.G.A. 43-4B-28)

It’s the law in Georgia and it will be enforced. This applies to any advertisement and to any business web site where tickets for events held in Georgia are sold. 

Any Internet based ticket broker business which offers for sale tickets to events held in Georgia must either have a license issued by the Georgia Athletic & Entertainment Commission or must discontinue advertising the availability of tickets for events held in Georgia.

Broadcast advertisements must include the tag-line:  “Georgia License Number xxx.” Printed advertisements in newspapers, magazines, or any other publication, whether they are “classified” or “display” advertisements, must include the disclaimer: “Georgia License Number xxx.”

Flyers, posters, yard-signs, or any other printed advertisement for tickets to events held in Georgia must include: “Georgia License Number xxx.”