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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 481<\/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":1467805,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369100,"identifier":"54.1-536","token":"54.1\/II\/5.2\/54.1-536","url":"\/54.1-536\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-536\/","token":"54.1\/II\/5.2\/54.1-536","dublin_core":{"Title":"Student-athlete’s right to cancel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-536","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A student-athlete<\/span> or, if the student-athlete<\/span> is a minor<\/span>, the parent or guardian of the student-athlete<\/span> may cancel an agency contract<\/span> by giving notice in a record<\/span> of cancellation to the athlete agent<\/span> not later than 14 days after the contract is signed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A student-athlete<\/span> or, if the student-athlete<\/span> is a minor<\/span>, the parent or guardian of the student-athlete<\/span> may not waive<\/span> the right to cancel an agency contract<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If a student-athlete<\/span> or, if the student-athlete<\/span> is a minor<\/span>, a parent or guardian of the student-athlete<\/span> cancels an agency contract<\/span>, the student-athlete<\/span> or, if the student-athlete<\/span> is a minor<\/span>, the parent or guardian of the student-athlete<\/span> is not required to pay any consideration under the contract or return any consideration received from the athlete agent<\/span> to influence the student-athlete<\/span> to enter into the contract. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTUDENT-ATHLETE’S RIGHT TO CANCEL (\u00a7 54.1-536)\n\nA. A student-athlete or, if the student-athlete is a minor, the parent or\nguardian of the student-athlete may cancel an agency contract by giving notice\nin a record of cancellation to the athlete agent not later than 14 days after\nthe contract is signed.\n\nB. A student-athlete or, if the student-athlete is a minor, the parent or\nguardian of the student-athlete may not waive the right to cancel an agency\ncontract.\n\nC. If a student-athlete or, if the student-athlete is a minor, a parent or\nguardian of the student-athlete cancels an agency contract, the student-athlete\nor, if the student-athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the\nstudent-athlete is not required to pay any consideration under the contract or\nreturn any consideration received from the athlete agent to influence the\nstudent-athlete to enter into the contract.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 481, \u00a7 54.1-529.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}