{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-39-14","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 30-39-14","heading":"Prohibited conduct.","body":"(a) An athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract, may not:\n(1) Give any materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation;\n(2) Furnish anything of value to a student-athlete before the student-athlete enters into the agency contract; or\n(3) Furnish anything of value to any individual other than the student-athlete or another registered athlete agent.\n(b) An athlete agent may not intentionally:\n(1) Initiate contact with a student-athlete unless registered under this article;\n(2) Refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records required to be retained by section thirteen of this article;\n(3) Fail to register when required by section four of this article;\n(4) Provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration or renewal of registration;\n(5) Predate or postdate an agency contract; or\n(6) Fail to notify a student-athlete before the student-athlete signs or otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that the signing or authentication may make the student-athlete ineligible to participate as a student-athlete in that sport.","path":["CHAPTER 30. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS.","ARTICLE 39. UNIFORM ATHLETE AGENTS ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-39-14/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:27:32Z","sha256":"ece51d44a8eabb059c7fcb5d284ce97e2770931942f4fb07f599b448065c2cc2","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-39-13","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-39-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}