VA registered agent
Virginia. $1 a year.
Virginia law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what Virginia does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
dissolution
... 13.1-636 fails to file a statement of change pursuant to § 13.1-635 within 31 days ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-752(B); parallel LLC provision at § 13.1-1050.2(B)
dissolution
... by order of the Commission when it finds that the corporation ... (ii) has failed to maintain a registered office or a registered agent in this Commonwealth as required ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-753(A)(ii); parallel LLC provision at § 13.1-1050.3(A)(2)
revocation
... a statement of change pursuant to § 13.1-764 within 31 days ... the Commission shall mail notice to ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-768(C); § 13.1-769(A)(2)
no court
... transacting business in the Commonwealth without a certificate ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-758(A)
fine
... Commonwealth without a certificate of authority, each officer, director, and employee who does any of such business in the Commonwealth knowing that a certificate ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Va. Code § 13.1-758(D)
the rule
rule
Virginia says:
... 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. A domestic or foreign stock ...
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 lawsuit
service
... registered agent in this Commonwealth, or whenever its registered agent cannot ...
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)
coming back
reinstatement
... the Commission with the following: ... 2. A reinstatement fee of $100; 3. All annual registration fees and penalties ...
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)
compliance
No.
the annual report
Virginia charges this every year. Do not pay it and keep the money. The rest of this page is what happens next.
annual report, llc
$50. Yearly.
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, corporation
$100. Yearly.
... REGISTRATION FEE SCHEDULE ... STOCK CORPORATION: Authorized shares Fee 1 ...
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
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.