# Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-50-118: Refund on purchase price of ticket for cancelled performance or event

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-50-118
- **Heading:** Refund on purchase price of ticket for cancelled performance or event
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 47 / Chapter 50 / Section 47-50-118

## Text

(a) Upon cancellation of any performance or event for which a ticket for admission is sold, the ticketing service company that contracts to sell tickets for such event or performance at retail ticket outlets shall refund to all ticket purchasers the purchase price of the ticket plus any service fees or charges paid by the purchaser for such ticket. (b) It is deemed to be an unfair business practice under the Consumer Protection Act, chapter 18 of this title, if a ticketing service company fails to refund the purchase price in accordance with subsection (a). (c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon cancellation of any performance or event performed or arranged by a nonprofit corporation with an annual payroll of more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) due to an earthquake, tornado, or other such natural disaster, such nonprofit corporation shall offer refunds to all ticket purchasers to such performance or event. After one hundred eighty (180) days after the cancellation of a performance or event due to an earthquake, tornado or other natural disaster, the nonprofit organization shall be entitled to the purchase price of all unclaimed tickets. It is the clear and unequivocal intent of the general assembly that this subsection (c) has retroactive application to January 1, 1998. Acts 1998, ch. 1001, § 2; 1999, ch. 214, § 1.
(a) Upon cancellation of any performance or event for which a ticket for admission is sold, the ticketing service company that contracts to sell tickets for such event or performance at retail ticket outlets shall refund to all ticket purchasers the purchase price of the ticket plus any service fees or charges paid by the purchaser for such ticket.
(b) It is deemed to be an unfair business practice under the Consumer Protection Act, chapter 18 of this title, if a ticketing service company fails to refund the purchase price in accordance with subsection (a).
(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon cancellation of any performance or event performed or arranged by a nonprofit corporation with an annual payroll of more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) due to an earthquake, tornado, or other such natural disaster, such nonprofit corporation shall offer refunds to all ticket purchasers to such performance or event. After one hundred eighty (180) days after the cancellation of a performance or event due to an earthquake, tornado or other natural disaster, the nonprofit organization shall be entitled to the purchase price of all unclaimed tickets. It is the clear and unequivocal intent of the general assembly that this subsection (c) has retroactive application to January 1, 1998.
Acts 1998, ch. 1001, § 2; 1999, ch. 214, § 1.

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