VA registered agent
Virginia. $19 a year. Final markdown.
Virginia makes every company on its books name a registered agent with a street address in the state. What the state wants is quoted below. What we supply comes after it. Short section.
Lawsuits, rerouted
Service, rerouted
... cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then the clerk of the Commission shall be an agent of the corporation upon whom service may be made in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-637(B); parallel provisions at § 13.1-1018(B) (LLC) and § 13.1-766(B) (foreign corp)
What Virginia charges when the agent is us
The state's remedies for a company whose agent does not answer. Quoted. Priced by the state, not by us.
Pulled from the shelf by the state
If any domestic corporation whose registered agent has filed with the Commission a statement of resignation pursuant to § 13.1-636 fails to file a statement of change pursuant to § 13.1-635 within 31 days ... the Commission shall mail notice to the corporation of the impending termination of its corporate existence. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-752(B); parallel LLC provision at § 13.1-1050.2(B)
Pulled from the shelf by the state
... or a registered agent in this Commonwealth as required by law ... Upon termination, the properties and affairs of the corporation shall pass automatically to its directors as trustees in liquidation.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-753(A)(ii); parallel LLC provision at § 13.1-1050.3(A)(2)
Out-of-state: authority revoked
If any foreign corporation whose registered agent has filed with the Commission a statement of resignation pursuant to § 13.1-765 fails to file a statement of change pursuant to § 13.1-764 within 31 days ... the Commission shall mail notice to the foreign corporation of the impending revocation of its certificate of authority. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-768(C); § 13.1-769(A)(2)
Courthouse: closed to you
... a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in the Commonwealth until it obtains a certificate of authority.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-758(A)
Penalty, priced
... and employee who does any of such business in the Commonwealth knowing that a certificate of authority is required shall be liable for a penalty of not less than $500 and not more than $5,000.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-758(D)
The Virginia annual report. Also reduced.
Virginia bills every company yearly to stay on the books. The bill is below. Leaving it on the shelf is a saving, in our sense of the word.
Yearly, LLC
$50 a year. Marked.
an annual registration fee of $50
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title13.1/chapter12/section13.1-1062/
Yearly, corporation
$100 a year. Marked.
... CORPORATION: Authorized shares Fee 1 - 5,000 $ 100 ... over 270,000 1700
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: SCC 'Annual Corporation Requirements' / Annual Registration Fee Schedule (rev. 02/26), citing Va. Code 13.1-775.1
What the tag says in Virginia
The tag
Straight off the Virginia code:
2. A registered agent, who shall be: a. An individual who is a resident of the Commonwealth and (i) either an officer or director of the corporation or (ii) a member of the Virginia State Bar and whose business office is identical with the registered office; or b. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-634(A)(2) (corporations); § 13.1-1015(A)(2) (LLCs); § 13.1-763 (foreign corporations)
The price to come back
The price to come back
To have its corporate existence reinstated, the corporation shall provide the Commission with the following: ... 2. A reinstatement fee of $100; 3. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-754(B)(2)-(3); § 13.1-769.1(B)(2); § 13.1-1050.4(B)(2)
What we supply
Nothing. Marked down from nothing.
Statute text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Codes change. Tags do not.