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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 648<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261649,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67035,"identifier":"59.1-462","token":"59.1\/38\/59.1-462","url":"\/59.1-462\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-462\/","token":"59.1\/38\/59.1-462","dublin_core":{"Title":"Royalty contract requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-462","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every contract<\/span> for the payment of royalties<\/span> between a proprietor<\/span> and a performing rights society<\/span> executed, issued or renewed in the Commonwealth on or after July 1, 1995, shall be:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> In writing; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Signed by the parties; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Written to include, at a minimum, the following information:\n\t\t\ta. The proprietor<\/span>’s name and business address and the name and location of each place of business to which the contract<\/span> applies;\n\t\t\tb. The name of the performing rights society<\/span>;\n\t\t\tc. The duration of the contract<\/span>; and\n\t\t\td. The schedule of rates and terms of the royalties<\/span> to be collected under the contract<\/span>, including any sliding scale or schedule for any increase or decrease of such rates for the duration of the contract<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nROYALTY CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7 59.1-462)\n\nEvery contract for the payment of royalties between a proprietor and a\nperforming rights society executed, issued or renewed in the Commonwealth on or\nafter July 1, 1995, shall be:\n\n1. In writing;\n\n2. Signed by the parties;\n\n3. Written to include, at a minimum, the following information:\n\t\t\ta. The proprietor’s name and business address and the name and location\nof each place of business to which the contract applies;\n\t\t\tb. The name of the performing rights society;\n\t\t\tc. The duration of the contract; and\n\t\t\td. The schedule of rates and terms of the royalties to be collected under the\ncontract, including any sliding scale or schedule for any increase or decrease\nof such rates for the duration of the contract.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 648.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}