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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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":369102,"section_number":"54.1-538","catch_line":"Prohibited conduct","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-538\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1467817,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369103,"identifier":"54.1-539","token":"54.1\/II\/5.2\/54.1-539","url":"\/54.1-539\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-539\/","token":"54.1\/II\/5.2\/54.1-539","dublin_core":{"Title":"Criminal penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-539","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An <span class=\"dictionary\">athlete agent<\/span> who violates \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Prohibited conduct\" href=\"\/54.1-538\/\">54.1-538<\/a> is guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span> and in addition, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> may suspend the agent&#8217;s certificate of <span class=\"dictionary\">registration<\/span> for no more than 12 months.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRIMINAL PENALTY (\u00a7 54.1-539)\n\nAn athlete agent who violates \u00a7 54.1-538 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and\nin addition, the Director may suspend the agent&#8217;s certificate of\nregistration for no more than 12 months.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 481, \u00a7 54.1-532.","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"}}