Virginia State Corporation Commission

Paper forms may be requested on this page.

Mail, in-person, or online.

$25

• By the end of the registration anniversary month. So if you incorporated or foreign-qualified on March 15, then your annual report is due every year by March 31.
• Reports may be filed starting 3 months prior to the due date.

Code of Virginia § 13.1-936

$10 late fee. Your business can be dissolved or revoked at 4 months late.

• An officer or director may file.
• Original signatures are not required.
• Reports with changes to director or officer information cannot be submitted online.

Paper forms may be requested on this page.

Mail, in-person, or online.

$50

• By the end of the registration anniversary month. So if you incorporated or foreign-qualified on March 15, then your annual report is due every year by March 31.
• Reports may be filed starting 3 months prior to the due date.

Virginia Code § 13.1-1062.

$25 late fee. Your business may be dissolved or revoked at 3 months late.

• No Annual Report is required for LLCs, just Annual Registration
• An officer or director may file.
• Original signatures are not required.

Application for a Certificate of Authority to Transact Business in Virginia

Mail, in-person or online.

Depends on authorized shares. Minimum fee of $75 and maximum fee of $2,525.

VA Code § 13.1-757

Certified copy of articles of incorporation, and all amendments and mergers, dated within 1 year.

Good standing certificate not required.

Application for a Certificate of Registration to Transact Business in Virginia as a Foreign Limited Liability Company

Mail or online.

$100

VA Code § 13.1-1051

Certified copy of articles of formation, and all amendments and mergers, dated within 1 year.

Good standing certificate not required.

Certificate of Assumed or Fictitious Name

Mail or online.

$10

Filing a fictitious name registration is mandatory to conduct business under any other name than your personal legal name or a registered business name.

VA Code § 59.1-69

Fictitious and assumed names are now filed with the Corporation Commission and not with individual counties.

Registration of a fictitious name does not offer name protection.

Publication of registration is not required in Virginia.

Certificate of Good Standing

Online

$6

Use the online system to find your entity and order a good standing certificate.

The state does not issue a form for mergers.

$25

Use the statutory instructions to create a draft of merger documents, then file these documents along with the required fee.

Paper forms may be requested on this page.

Mail, in-person, or online.

$50

Annually by July 1. The first report is due during the calendar year following registration.

VA Code § 50-73.134

Renewal of a Statement of Partnership Authority

$25

5 years from the date of initial registration and thereafter every 5 years by the date of the most recent renewal.

VA Code § 50-73.93