Registration at a glance
How to register
- Apply to the Oklahoma Secretary of State with the $1,000 fee (70 O.S. §§ 820.5-820.9)
- Include the prescribed warning text (70 O.S. § 820.10(C))
- For a minor: parent/guardian signature on the contract PLUS a separate signed acknowledgment of eligibility risk (§ 820.10(D),(G))
- After signing: both agent and athlete notify the athletic director within 72 hours or before the next scheduled athletic event (§ 820.11(B)-(C))
- Renew every two years, $1,000
Official registration page: Oklahoma Secretary of State
Renewal: Valid two years (70 O.S. § 820.6(F)); same-state or reciprocity-based renewal
Contract & notification requirements
- Prescribed verbatim WARNING TO STUDENT ATHLETE (§ 820.10(C)): eligibility warning, 72-hour dual notification, 14-day cancellation
- Minor's contract: parent/guardian signature + separate risk acknowledgment (§ 820.10(D),(G))
- 14-day non-waivable cancellation, no consideration owed either way (§ 820.12)
Penalties
70 O.S. § 820.15 (verbatim): "A. An athlete agent who violates Section 14 of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and not more than Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00), or to imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year, or to both such fine and imprisonment. B. An athlete agent who violates Section 14 of this act upon a second or subsequent conviction shall be guilty of a felony and subject to a fine of not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) and not more than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), or to imprisonment not to exceed three (3) years, or to both such fine and imprisonment."
Civil penalty: up to $50,000 (§ 820.17). Civil remedies (§ 820.16): actual + exemplary damages, costs, attorney's fees, forfeiture and refund; violation is a deceptive trade practice under the Oklahoma DTPA.
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Statute
70 O.S. §§ 820.1-820.19 (Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act, Laws 2021 SB 48, emerg. eff. May 28, 2021) + §§ 820.21-820.27 (Student Athlete NIL Rights Act, last amended SB 490, eff. May 3, 2025)
'Student athlete' (§ 820.2(17)) covers 'any interscholastic or intercollegiate sport'; 'interscholastic sport' defined as competition between non-college institutions — high school covered. 'Athlete agent' (§ 820.2(2)) reaches advisory and business-management representation; 'agency contract' includes endorsement contracts. Contrast Texas: same model act family, opposite HS/NIL reach.
NIL interaction
The NIL act (70 O.S. §§ 820.21-820.27) defines 'professional representation' broadly and makes any NIL representative 'a fiduciary for the represented student athlete' (§ 820.22(4)). § 820.24(A)(1): athletes may obtain professional representation for NIL 'without penalty.' Note the seam: the NIL act's operative provisions are drafted around POSTSECONDARY participation even though the borrowed student-athlete definition is HS-inclusive — flagged, not resolved.
Sources
- 70 O.S. § 820.4 (registration requirement) (May 28, 2021)
an individual may not act as an athlete agent in this state without holding a certificate of registration under the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act
- 70 O.S. § 820.15 (criminal penalties) (May 28, 2021)
- 70 O.S. § 820.22 (NIL definitions; fiduciary duty) (May 3, 2025)
Change history
- July 19, 2026 — Initial publication from primary-source research pass (statute text read directly; penalties quoted verbatim).
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Other states
- Alabama — Revised UAAA
- Arkansas — No athlete-agent statute
- California — Non-uniform state law
- Florida — Non-uniform state law
- Georgia — Original UAAA (2000)
- Kentucky — Revised UAAA
- Louisiana — Non-uniform state law
- Missouri — Original UAAA (2000)
- Mississippi — Revised UAAA
- Ohio — Non-uniform state law
- South Carolina — Non-uniform state law
- Tennessee — Revised UAAA
- Texas — Original UAAA (2000)