Registered agent
Virginia Registered Agent Service
Every Virginia LLC and corporation must continuously keep a registered office and registered agent in Virginia (§ 13.1-1015). An individual agent has to be a Virginia resident with a qualifying tie to the company, or a member of the Virginia State Bar, so many owners use a business-entity agent instead. Ours is $199 per year and forwards SCC assessment notices the day they arrive.
Virginia fees re-checked against the Code of Virginia and SCC fee pages: November 10, 2026
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits Virginia filings for owners. We are not the Virginia State Corporation Commission and we do not give legal advice. Every state charge passes through at the exact amount billed, shown separately from our service fee.
- Filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission
- We track your $50 annual registration fee
- Cited to the Code of Virginia, Title 13.1
- Talk to a filer: (386) 465-3937
Virginia Registered Agent Service: the Virginia specifics
Who can be a Virginia registered agent (§ 13.1-1015)
Virginia is stricter than most states. An individual agent must be a Virginia resident who is also a member, manager, officer or director tied to the company, or a member of the Virginia State Bar. Otherwise the agent must be a business entity authorized in Virginia whose office is the registered office. Our registered agent service is $199 per year.
Check it: Code of Virginia § 13.1-1015The agent's one duty
The registered agent's sole duty is to forward process, notices and demands served on it to the company (§ 13.1-1015(B)). In Virginia that includes the SCC's annual registration fee assessment, which is mailed to the agent, not to you.
Check it: Code of Virginia § 13.1-1015Changing agents
A statement of change filed with the SCC switches the agent or the registered office (§ 13.1-1016). The LLC fee schedule in § 13.1-1005 lists no charge for it.
Check it: Code of Virginia § 13.1-1016If your agent resigns
If the agent resigns and you do not file a statement of change within 31 days, the SCC mails a warning, and an LLC that still has not appointed a new agent by the last day of the second month after that notice is canceled (§ 13.1-1050.2(B)).
Check it: Code of Virginia § 13.1-1050.2Why Virginia owners outsource the agent
Virginia narrows who can serve as an individual agent more than almost any other state. A resident individual must be one of the company's own members or managers, an officer or director of a corporate member, a partner or trustee of an entity member, or a member of the Virginia State Bar (§ 13.1-1015(A)(2)(a)). That rules out an employee, a relative who is not a member, or a friend with a Virginia address. Anyone outside Virginia cannot serve at all.
An entity agent must be a corporation, LLC or registered limited liability partnership authorized in Virginia, must designate the natural persons at its office who accept service, and must keep one of them there (§ 13.1-1015(A)(2)(b)). That is our job.
Source: law.lis.virginia.gov
The agent gets the SCC's bill, not you
Virginia mails the annual registration fee assessment to the registered agent at the registered office two months before the due date. The SCC says plainly that it is the agent's duty to forward the notice. If you want to know your status, an entity search on the SCC's records shows the agent and office the state has on file.
We scan every SCC notice and court paper the day it arrives, email it to you, and remind you before the end of your due month.
Source: www.scc.virginia.gov
Switching to us
We file the statement of change with the SCC naming our office as the registered office (§ 13.1-1016). There is no SCC fee for it under the LLC fee section. Your previous agent does not need to sign.
Source: law.lis.virginia.gov
Virginia Registered Agent Service: questions
Only if you are a Virginia resident and a member or manager of the LLC (or a director of the corporation), and your business office is the registered office. A non-resident owner cannot serve.
Check it: Code of Virginia § 13.1-1015Yes. The registered office is on the SCC record. Using our office keeps your home address off that line.
Check it: Code of Virginia § 13.1-1015Corp USA prepares and submits your Virginia filing with the State Corporation Commission's Clerk's Office for you. The official state fee is passed through at cost, with our service fee shown separately at checkout, so you do not need to go to the state's website to file.
Check it: Virginia State Corporation CommissionReady when you are, Virginia.
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits Virginia filings for owners. We are not the Virginia State Corporation Commission and we do not give legal advice. Every state charge passes through at the exact amount billed, shown separately from our service fee.