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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0481\">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":[{"id":369102,"section_number":"54.1-538","catch_line":"Prohibited conduct","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-538\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1467809,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369101,"identifier":"54.1-537","token":"54.1\/II\/5.2\/54.1-537","url":"\/54.1-537\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-537\/","token":"54.1\/II\/5.2\/54.1-537","dublin_core":{"Title":"Required records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-537","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> An <span class=\"dictionary\">athlete agent<\/span> shall create and retain for five years <span class=\"dictionary\">records<\/span> of the following: <a id=\"paragraph-1376385\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-537\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The name and address of each <span class=\"dictionary\">student-athlete<\/span> represented by the agent; <a id=\"paragraph-1376386\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-537\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Each <span class=\"dictionary\">agency contract<\/span> entered into by the agent; and <a id=\"paragraph-1376387\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-537\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The direct costs incurred by the agent in the recruitment or solicitation of each <span class=\"dictionary\">student-athlete<\/span> to enter into an <span class=\"dictionary\">agency contract<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1376388\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-537\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Records<\/span> described in subsection A shall be open to inspection by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> during normal business hours. <a id=\"paragraph-1376389\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-537\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIRED RECORDS (\u00a7 54.1-537)\n\nA. An athlete agent shall create and retain for five years records of the\nfollowing:\n\n   1. The name and address of each student-athlete represented by the agent;\n\n   2. Each agency contract entered into by the agent; and\n\n   3. The direct costs incurred by the agent in the recruitment or solicitation\n   of each student-athlete to enter into an agency contract.\n\nB. Records described in subsection A shall be open to inspection by the Director\nduring normal business hours.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 481, \u00a7 54.1-530.","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"}}