8 M.R.S. § 1301 · current law

Maine resale fee cap

Maine does not cap what a resale ticket costs. It caps what the marketplace may charge for the resale: at most 10% of the original ticket’s total price, taxes and fees included.

Example

$80.00 ticket

→ marketplace fee at most $8.00. The resale price itself is not capped by § 1301.

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Where is the event?Washington DCMaineUK (proposed)

Original all-in price

What was paid at first sale, with every fee and tax.

Tickets

That price is forEach ticketThe whole order

Optional: check a listing

Listing price, all-in

The total the buyer pays, as shown at checkout.

Of which exchange fee

The marketplace’s own fee, if the listing itemizes it. Same basis as the listing price.

Listing price is forEach ticketAll my tickets

The calculator needs JavaScript. The rule itself: in DC the most a resale ticket can cost is the original all-in price plus 10%, plus an exchange fee of up to 10% of that original price.

Breakdown
Item	Per ticket	All tickets

What the text says

“A ticket reseller or ticket issuer may not: … Charge more than 10% of the total price of the original ticket, including taxes and fees, for the service of providing a marketplace for the resale of a ticket.”
§ 1301(2-A)(G)

“"Total price" means the maximum total of all fees or charges a consumer must pay for a ticket, except that shipping charges and government charges may be excluded.”
§ 1301(1)(E)

“"Ticket reseller" means a business entity whose primary business is the sale or resale of tickets. "Ticket reseller" does not include a nonprofit corporation as defined in Title 13‑B, section 102, subsection 9.”
§ 1301(1)(D)

“The Attorney General shall enforce this section. … Violation of this section is an unfair trade practice as prohibited by Title 5, section 207.”
§ 1301(2-B), (3)

Unclear or unverified

No price cap. § 1301 caps the marketplace fee, not the resale price itself. ResaleCap shows "no cap in law" for the price.
Who the fee cap binds. The rule is addressed to a "ticket reseller or ticket issuer". Whether every resale marketplace falls under those definitions is not settled in the text. Unverified.
Start date of the 2025 amendment (PL 2025, c. 354). Not confirmed from a primary source on the date checked. The section is shown as current law on the Revisor’s site.
Rounding. ResaleCap rounds the maximum fee down to the cent.

Sources

Maine Revised Statutes, Title 8, § 1301
Current text (amended by PL 2025, c. 354). The Revisor’s page says the data was extracted on 10/05/2026.

Last checked against the primary source: 2026-10-25.

How to report a violation

File a consumer complaint with the Maine Attorney General
The Attorney General enforces § 1301 (§ 1301(2-B)). Venues must give holders of invalid resale tickets the Attorney General’s contact details.

Keep screenshots of the listing, the itemized price and your original receipt.

Maine resale law: questions

Is there a resale price cap in Maine?

No cap on the ticket price itself was found in 8 M.R.S. § 1301. What is capped is the fee for providing a resale marketplace: at most 10% of the total price of the original ticket, including taxes and fees.

What counts as the total price in Maine?

“The maximum total of all fees or charges a consumer must pay for a ticket, except that shipping charges and government charges may be excluded” (§ 1301(1)(E)).

What else does the Maine law require?

Showing the total price including all mandatory fees whenever a price is shown, itemizing fees, showing the seat or section, refunds in listed cases, and no speculative tickets or bots (§ 1301(1-A), (2), (2-A)).

Who enforces it?

The Maine Attorney General. A violation is an unfair trade practice under Title 5, section 207 (§ 1301(2-B), (3)).