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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62500</law_id><section_number>54.1-538</section_number><catch_line>Prohibited conduct</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-530</reference><reference>54.1-539</reference></referred_to_by><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><p>An <span class="dictionary">athlete agent</span> may not intentionally:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Give a <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> materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to influence 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 enter into an <span class="dictionary">agency contract</span>; <a id="paragraph-227933" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-538/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Furnish anything of value to a <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span> or another individual, if to do so may result in loss of the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span>&#x2019;s eligibility to participate in the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span>&#x2019;s sport, unless (i) the agent notifies 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, not later than 72 hours after giving the thing of value and (ii) 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> acknowledges to the agent in a <span class="dictionary">record</span> that receipt of the thing of value may result in loss of the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span>&#x2019;s eligibility to participate in the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span>&#x2019;s sport; <a id="paragraph-227934" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-538/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Initiate contact, directly or indirectly, with a <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 <span class="dictionary">recruit or solicit</span> 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 enter an <span class="dictionary">agency contract</span> unless registered under this chapter; <a id="paragraph-227935" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-538/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Fail to create, retain, or permit inspection of the <span class="dictionary">records</span> required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Required records" href="/54.1-537/">54.1-537</a>; <a id="paragraph-227936" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-538/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Fail to register when required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Athlete agent; registration required; void contract" href="/54.1-528/">54.1-528</a>; <a id="paragraph-227937" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-538/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Provide materially false or misleading information in an application for <span class="dictionary">registration</span> or renewal of <span class="dictionary">registration</span>; <a id="paragraph-227938" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-538/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Predate or postdate an <span class="dictionary">agency contract</span>; <a id="paragraph-227939" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-538/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Fail to notify a <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> before 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> signs an <span class="dictionary">agency contract</span> for a particular sport that the signing may result in loss of the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span>&#x2019;s eligibility to participate in the <span class="dictionary">student-athlete</span>&#x2019;s sport; <a id="paragraph-227940" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-538/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Encourage another individual to do any of the acts described in subdivisions 1 through 8 on behalf of the agent; or <a id="paragraph-227941" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-538/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="10"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> Encourage another individual to assist any other individual in doing any of the acts described in subdivisions 1 through 8 on behalf of the agent. <a id="paragraph-227942" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-538/#10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 481, &#xA7; 54.1-531.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
