VA registered agent
Registered agent service in Virginia, $37 per year, within tolerance
Virginia expects each company on its register to keep a registered agent at a street address inside the state. The expectation is set out below in the state's own language. Our performance against it is rated further down. The rating has been consistent.
The Virginia annual report, an average obligation
Virginia bills each company annually to remain on the register. The amount is below. Paying it is standard practice. Not paying it is also a practice, and the rest of this page describes it.
Annual report charge, LLC
$50 per year. Average.
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/
Annual report charge, corporation
$100 per year. Average.
... REGISTRATION FEE SCHEDULE ... STOCK 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
Expectations set by Virginia
Expectation
As set out in the Virginia code:
... of the Virginia State Bar and whose business office is identical with the registered ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-634(A)(2) (corporations); § 13.1-1015(A)(2) (LLCs); § 13.1-763 (foreign corporations)
Performance against expectations
Does not meet. Consistently. We regard the consistency as the achievement.
Delivery of papers when the desk is unattended
Service by other means
... or whenever its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then the clerk of the Commission shall be an agent of the corporation ...
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)
Corrective action available to Virginia
Where an agent performs at our level, the state applies the following. Quoted from the code without adjustment, because adjusting it would take effort we have allocated elsewhere.
Dissolution, administrative
... 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)
Dissolution, administrative
... that the corporation ... (ii) has failed to maintain a registered office or a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-753(A)(ii); parallel LLC provision at § 13.1-1050.3(A)(2)
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... to the foreign corporation of the impending revocation of its certificate ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-768(C); § 13.1-769(A)(2)
Standing in court withdrawn
... in the Commonwealth without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-758(A)
Penalty, civil
... authority, each officer, director, 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 ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-758(D)
Return to good standing, priced
Charge to return to good standing
... A reinstatement fee of $100; 3. All annual registration fees and penalties that were due ...
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)
Quoted statutory text was captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and re-checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are revised at their own pace. This page is revised at ours.