Coverage · VA
Form your American company in Virginia.
Same desk, same prices, Virginia’s own machinery. Filings here run through the State Corporation Commission — Clerk's Office, and the state calls its agent a registered agent. What follows is Virginia’s actual formation landscape.
The Virginia facts
Virginia filings run through the State Corporation Commission, not a Secretary of State. A Virginia resident individual, an authorized entity, or a member of the Virginia State Bar may serve as agent.
Your charter is filed with the State Corporation Commission — Clerk's Office. The registered agent you appoint must be reachable at a physical Virginia address during business hours — for founders abroad, that appointment is the whole reason a desk like this one exists. Under Sethhost, the registered agent of record is CorpNet, Incorporated, our disclosed wholesale partner, appointed at filing and named in your service agreement.
Who can serve as registered agent in Virginia
Virginia recognizes more than the national pattern: an individual resident of Virginia who is an officer or director of the entity, a member of the Virginia State Bar, or a business entity authorized to do business in Virginia. The Bar route is why so many Virginia entities list their lawyer.
Keeping the company alive in Virginia
Virginia corporations file an annual report with the State Corporation Commission; Virginia LLCs pay an annual registration fee instead. Either way, the agent of record is confirmed yearly.
Inside Hosted, those dates sit on your compliance calendar from the day you form — set from your filing record, not a national average — and annual report filing service is part of the subscription where your state uses one. Reminders are best efforts and you remain responsible for your deadlines; that sentence is in the agreement, and it is on this page too.
How Sethhost serves Virginia
Formation is prepared at your direction and confirmed by you before filing (Docket 01). The EIN runs through the IRS workflow for founders with or without a Social Security number (Docket 03). Official mail received by the agent is retrieved by our desk each business day and mirrored into your portal under the mail protocol — best efforts, in writing, with no timeframe promised upstream. A five-page website and a US number complete the visible half of the company (Docket 06).
Questions on Virginia
How much does Sethhost charge in Virginia?
The same as everywhere: Launch $499 one-time and Hosted $79 per month. Virginia’s own LLC filing fee is $100 — separate, charged at cost, and itemized for your state at checkout before your filing is placed.
What does Virginia call its registered agent?
The registered agent — and the filing office is the State Corporation Commission — Clerk's Office. State terminology is not pedantry: the wrong term on a form is how filings get rejected.
Can I form in Virginia from outside the US?
Yes — that is the standard case here. You choose the state; we never recommend one, because that is legal advice. Compare states on the coverage board and in the guides, then direct us.