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Registered agent guide · Virginia

Virginia Registered Agent Route (2026): Rules, State Fees and the 2 Best Agents

Virginia, 2026, a registered agent: start with Mainstay Filing ($149 a year) and VA Registered Agent.org ($99 a year), in the order given. No Virginia LLC gets by without a registered agent. Add up the state's yearly tolls and the figure is $50, ranking 27th of 50.

Surveyed by the Filing Mapper team

Tolls on the Virginia route

27th

of 50 when a year of tolls is added

Lowest toll, lowest number, same mile as other states. Open the 50-state route map

Registered agent required
Yes
Measured against law.lis.virginia.gov, October 2026
Annual Registration Fee
$50 / yr
The checkpoint closes, in the state's words: last day of the LLC's anniversary month. Measured against scc.virginia.gov, October 2026
State toll, one year
$50
A year of the report toll, plus any minimum tax

Virginia route picks

How the stops were ordered: cost over three years, steps covered, renewal, Virginia fit, fee labeling (method).

1. Mainstay Filing: best for companies that might cross into other states

Our lead pick$149/yr to begin, $149/yr later

Stop one, Mainstay Filing: one $149 fare covers all fifty states, so a growing company keeps one agent.

VA Registered Agent.org is $150 cheaper over three years, yet the coverage criterion points the other direction.

The fare covers

  • A real street address inside the state
  • If papers are served on the company, they are scanned the same business day at no cost
  • Letters from government offices are scanned free, the first three each year
  • The same service runs for corporations, partnerships and nonprofits

On the plus side

  • Fare $149, renewal fare $149
  • One fare on every route

On the minus side

  • Costs $50 more a year than VA Registered Agent.org
  • Reports are the owner's to clear on this ticket
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2. VA Registered Agent.org: best for owners who live in Virginia

Home-state route$99/yr to begin, $99/yr later

The next stop, number 2, is VA Registered Agent.org: $99 a year buys an agent whose office address lies inside the state.

The fare covers

  • Genuine office address in Virginia
  • View served papers online as scans

On the plus side

  • A flat $99/yr
  • Costs less per lap than Mainstay Filing

On the minus side

  • A one-state route
  • You clear the Annual Registration Fee yourself
Visit VA Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.

The route as numbers

StopProviderYearly rateRenewal rateProvider cost, three years
1Mainstay Filing$149$149/yr$447Visit Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2VA Registered Agent.org$99$99/yr$297Visit VA Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.

We read every provider's price page on November 12, 2026. Virginia's own tolls do not change with the agent you name.

Agent fares and state tolls by year

Each agent fare is paired with the state tolls that repeat (the Annual Registration Fee beginning in year two). The opening fee is not in the total.

$100 in state tolls plus $447 paid to Mainstay Filing makes $547 over 3 years.

Virginia and the stops on either side of it

MileStateYearly state fees
27thAlaska$50
27thNorth Dakota$50
27thVirginia$50
30thSouth Dakota$55
31stGeorgia$60

Registered agent rules by state plots all fifty, least expensive first.

Virginia registered agent requirements (official source: Secretary of State)

Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address. The address has to be a registered office in Virginia that is the agent's business office. A P.O. box is accepted only in a town of under 2,000 people with no street address.

Parties the state permits: A Virginia resident who is a member, manager or officer of the LLC (or of an entity that manages it) or a member of the Virginia State Bar, or a corporation, LLC or registered LLP authorized in Virginia. Statute posted: Va. Code § 13.1-1015.

Tolls that keep coming

$50 every year for the Annual Registration Fee, last day of the LLC's anniversary month; the state writes to the address of your registered agent about it.

Why Mainstay Filing leads the route

For Virginia, the criterion that decided the lead was steps the service takes over, at 27%.

Fifty-state reach outweighed VA Registered Agent.org on our weights.

Virginia FAQ

Does every Virginia LLC have to carry a registered agent?

Yes. Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.

Who is allowed to serve as the registered agent on a Virginia route?

A Virginia resident who is a member, manager or officer of the LLC (or of an entity that manages it) or a member of the Virginia State Bar, or a corporation, LLC or registered LLP authorized in Virginia.

What does registered agent service cost per year for Virginia?

$99 to $149 a year, going by the stops above.

What does the state toll an LLC every year?

$50 a year by our one-year measure, which is the Annual Registration Fee ($50 every year).

Which registered agents are on this route?

Mainstay Filing ($149 a year) and VA Registered Agent.org ($99 a year), in route order, from the first stop.

Which registered agent should I take?

Take Mainstay Filing first and VA Registered Agent.org after it; what separates Mainstay Filing is steps the service takes over.

More from this state

Survey markers for this route

Survey marker
  1. Marker for Virginia yearly filing: Recurring filing, official source: the page at law.lis.virginia.gov, logged October 2026.
  2. Marker for Virginia yearly filing: Recurring filing, official source: the page at scc.virginia.gov, logged October 2026.
  3. Marker for Va: the page at law.lis.virginia.gov, logged August 2026.
  4. Marker for Virginia formation fee: Filing fee, official source: the page at law.lis.virginia.gov, logged October 2026.
  5. Marker for Virginia registered agent statute: the page at law.lis.virginia.gov, logged October 2026.
  6. Marker for Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development: the page at commerce.alaska.gov, logged August 2026.
  7. Marker for Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development: the page at commerce.alaska.gov, logged August 2026.
  8. Marker for North Dakota Secretary of State, Business Division: the page at sos.nd.gov, logged August 2026.
  9. Marker for North Dakota Secretary of State, Business Division: the page at sos.nd.gov, logged August 2026.
  10. Marker for South Dakota Secretary of State, Business Services /: the page at sdsos.gov, logged August 2026.
  11. Marker for South Dakota Secretary of State, Business Services /: the page at sosenterprise.sd.gov, logged August 2026.
  12. Marker for South Dakota yearly filing: Annual report: fee and: the page at sdlegislature.gov, logged October 2026.
  13. Marker for Georgia Secretary of State fee schedule Rev. 8/2025: the page at sos.ga.gov, logged October 2026.
  14. Mainstay Filing listed this Virginia service page on November 12, 2026
  15. VA Registered Agent.org listed this pricing page on November 12, 2026