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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74305</law_id><section_number>54.1-535</section_number><catch_line>Notice to educational institution</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5.2">Athlete Agents</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For purposes of this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">communication or attempt to communicate</span>&#x201D; or any variation thereof means contacting or attempting to contact by an in-<span class="dictionary">person</span> meeting, a <span class="dictionary">record</span>, or any other method that conveys or attempts to convey a message. <a id="paragraph-267135" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-535/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Not later than 72 hours after entering into an <span class="dictionary">agency contract</span> or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> may participate, whichever occurs first, the <span class="dictionary">athlete agent</span> shall give notice in a <span class="dictionary">record</span> of the existence of the contract to the <span class="dictionary">athletic director</span> of the <span class="dictionary">educational institution</span> at which the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> is <span class="dictionary">enrolled</span> or at which the agent has reasonable grounds to believe the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> intends to enroll. <a id="paragraph-267136" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-535/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Not later than 72 hours after entering into an <span class="dictionary">agency contract</span> or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> may participate, whichever occurs first, the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> shall inform the <span class="dictionary">athletic director</span> of the <span class="dictionary">educational institution</span> at which the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> is <span class="dictionary">enrolled</span> that the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> has entered into an <span class="dictionary">agency contract</span> and the name and contact information of the <span class="dictionary">athlete agent</span>. <a id="paragraph-267137" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-535/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If an <span class="dictionary">athlete agent</span> enters into an <span class="dictionary">agency contract</span> with a <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> and the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> subsequently <span class="dictionary">enrolls</span> at an <span class="dictionary">educational institution</span>, the agent shall notify the <span class="dictionary">athletic director</span> of the institution of the existence of the contract not later than 72 hours after the agent knew or should have known the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> <span class="dictionary">enrolled</span>. <a id="paragraph-267138" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-535/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> If an <span class="dictionary">athlete agent</span> has a relationship with a <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> before the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> <span class="dictionary">enrolls</span> in an <span class="dictionary">educational institution</span> and receives an athletic scholarship from the institution, the agent shall notify the institution of the relationship not later than 10 days after the enrollment if the agent knows or should have known of the enrollment and (i) the relationship was motivated in whole or in part by the intention of the agent to <span class="dictionary">recruit or solicit</span> the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> to enter an <span class="dictionary">agency contract</span> in the future or (ii) the agent directly or indirectly recruited or solicited the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> to enter an <span class="dictionary">agency contract</span> before the enrollment. <a id="paragraph-267139" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-535/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> An <span class="dictionary">athlete agent</span> shall give notice in a <span class="dictionary">record</span> to the <span class="dictionary">athletic director</span> of any <span class="dictionary">educational institution</span> at which a <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> is <span class="dictionary">enrolled</span> before the agent communicates or attempts to communicate with (i) the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> or, if the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> is a <span class="dictionary">minor</span>, a parent or guardian of the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> to influence the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> or parent or guardian to enter into an <span class="dictionary">agency contract</span> or (ii) another individual to have that individual influence the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> or, if the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> is a <span class="dictionary">minor</span>, the parent or guardian of the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> to enter into an <span class="dictionary">agency contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-267140" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-535/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="G"><p><span class="prefix-number">G.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">communication or attempt to communicate</span> with an <span class="dictionary">athlete agent</span> is initiated by a <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> or another individual on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span>, the agent shall notify in a <span class="dictionary">record</span> the <span class="dictionary">athletic director</span> of any <span class="dictionary">educational institution</span> at which the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> is <span class="dictionary">enrolled</span>. The notification shall be made not later than 10 days after the <span class="dictionary">communication or attempt to communicate</span>. <a id="paragraph-267141" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-535/#G"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="H"><p><span class="prefix-number">H.</span> An <span class="dictionary">educational institution</span> that becomes aware of a violation of this chapter by an <span class="dictionary">athlete agent</span> shall notify the Director and any professional league or players association with which the institution is aware the agent is licensed or registered of the violation. <a id="paragraph-267142" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-535/#H"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 481, &#xA7; 54.1-528.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
