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Pay Your Annual Registration Fee

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Restart Your Business

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Create an Account in CIS

Start Doing Business Resources

Form a New Virginia LLC

Form a New Virginia Stock Corporation

Form a New Virginia Nonstock Corporation

Reserve a Business Name

Register a Foreign LLC

Register a Foreign Corporation

Get the Foreign Registration Checklist

MANAGE A BUSINESS RESOURCES

Pay Annual Registration Fees

Name Change Amendments

Principal Office Change

File an Annual Report (for Corporations)

File an Annual Continuation Report (for General Partnerships)

File an Annual Continuation Report (for Limited Partnerships)

STOP DOING BUSINESS RESOURCES

Close a Virginia Corporation

Withdraw a Foreign Corporation

Close an LLC, Limited Partnership, or Business Trust

CIS RESOURCES

Go to the Clerk's Information System

Create an Account

Navigate the Dashboard

CIS FAQs

RESUBMISSION RESOURCES

Resubmit a Rejected Filing

FICTITIOUS NAMES RESOURCES

Register a "Doing Business As" Name

REGISTERED AGENT RESOURCES

Registered Agent / Office Change

Resigning as Registered Agent

CERTIFICATES & COPIES RESOURCES

Order a Certificate of Fact (for LLCs)

Order a Certificate of Good Standing (for Corporations)

Request Certified Copies