Is a registered agent required?
Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.
The law underneath: Va. Code § 13.1-1015. peek at law.lis.virginia.gov, confirmed October 2026
Who is allowed to be the agent?
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.
If you qualify, you can serve yourself at no cost.
How much does an agent cost?
Services we rank charge $99 to $149 each year, which adds up to $297 to $447 over three.
Changing agents never changes a state fee.
Why does the state want an agent?
Whatever legal paper is meant for the LLC in Virginia goes to the agent, who passes it along.
Ask how quickly the agent tells you when something arrives, so no deadline slips by. What is service of process?
Is anything else due every year?
Year after year the recurring job is the Annual Registration Fee: yearly, costing $50. The calendar line from the state reads last day of the LLC's anniversary month.
peek at scc.virginia.gov, confirmed October 2026
Why is the stack in this order?
On what is inside the price (29%), Mainstay Filing comes out ahead.
63% of the score comes from total across three years and what is inside the price.
Only the first pick holds up in all fifty states, and that counts the day the LLC registers elsewhere.
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