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2007 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 13.1-615, 13.1-615.1, 13.1-616, 13.1-815, 13.1-815.1, 13.1-1005, 13.1-1065, 13.1-1252, 13.1-1255, 50-73.67, and 50-73.70 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 13.1-615. Fees to be collected by Commission; payment of fees prerequisite to Commission action; exceptions.
A. The Commission shall assess the registration fees and shall charge and collect the filing fees, charter fees, and entrance fees imposed by law. The Commission shall have authority to certify to the Comptroller directing refund of any overpayment of a fee, or of any fee collected for a document that is not accepted for filing, at any time within one year from the date of its payment.
B. The Commission shall not file or issue with respect to any
domestic or foreign corporation any document or certificate specified in this
chapter, except the report required by § 13.1-775, a statement of change
pursuant to § 13.1-635 or 13.1-764, and a statement of resignation pursuant to
§ 13.1-636 or 13.1-765, until all fees, fines, penalties, and interest assessed,
imposed, charged, or to be collected by the Commission pursuant to this chapter
or Title 12.1 have been paid by or on behalf of such corporation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission may file or issue any document or
certificate with respect to a domestic or foreign corporation that has been
assessed an annual registration fee if the document or certificate is filed or
issued with an effective date that is prior to on or before the
due date of the corporation's annual registration fee payment in any year,
provided that the Commission shall not issue a certificate of domestication
with respect to a foreign corporation until the annual registration fee has
been paid by or on behalf of that corporation. Except as provided
hereinafter, the issuance of a certificate of termination of corporate
existence pursuant to § 13.1-751 shall not have the effect of releasing any
obligation that has accrued in favor of the Commonwealth on account of such
assessment.
C. Any domestic corporation that has ceased to exist in
the Commonwealth because of the issuance of a certificate of termination of
corporate existence, certificate of incorporation surrender or certificate of
entity conversion or any foreign corporation that has obtained a certificate of
withdrawal, effective prior to on or before its annual report due
date pursuant to subsection C of § 13.1-775 in any year, shall not be required
to pay the registration fee for that year. Any domestic or foreign corporation
that has merged, effective prior to on or before its annual
report due date pursuant to subsection C of § 13.1-775 in any year, into a
surviving domestic corporation or into a surviving foreign corporation that
files with the Commission the certificate of merger prior to on or
before such date, shall not be required to pay the registration fee for
that year. The Commission shall enter an order withdrawing and canceling
cancel the registration fee assessments specified in this section
subsection that remain unpaid.
D. Any foreign corporation that has amended its articles of incorporation to reduce the number of shares it is authorized to issue, effective prior to its annual assessment date pursuant to subsection B of § 13.1-775.1 of a given year, and has timely filed an authenticated copy of the amendment with the Commission pursuant to § 13.1-760 after its annual assessment date pursuant to subsection B of § 13.1-775.1, shall have its registration fee reassessed to reflect the new number of authorized shares.
E. Registration fee assessments that have been paid shall not be refunded.
§ 13.1-615.1. Charter and entrance fees for corporations.
A. Every domestic corporation, upon the granting of its
charter or upon domestication, shall pay a charter fee into the state
treasury, and every foreign corporation, when it obtains from the State
Corporation Commission a certificate of authority to do transact
business in this the Commonwealth, shall pay an entrance fee into
the state treasury. The fee in each case is to be ascertained and fixed as
follows:
For any domestic or foreign corporation whose number of authorized shares is 1,000,000 or fewer shares - $50 for each 25,000 shares or fraction thereof;
For any domestic or foreign corporation whose number of authorized shares is more than 1,000,000 shares - $2,500.
B. For any foreign corporation that files articles of
domestication and that had authority to transact business in this the
Commonwealth at the time of such filing, the charter fee to be charged upon
domestication shall be an amount equal to the difference between the amount
that would be required by this section and the amount already paid as an
entrance fee by such corporation. Whenever by articles of amendment or articles
of merger, the number of authorized shares of any domestic or foreign corporation
or of the surviving corporation is increased, the charter or entrance fee to be
charged shall be an amount equal to the difference between the amount already
paid as a charter or entrance fee by such corporation and the amount that would
be required by this chapter to be paid if the increased number of authorized
shares were being stated at that time in the original articles of
incorporation. If no charter or entrance fee has been heretofore paid to
this the Commonwealth, the amount to be paid shall be the same as
would have to be paid on original incorporation or application for authority to
transact business.
§ 13.1-616. Fees for filing documents or issuing certificates.
The Commission shall charge and collect the following fees, except as provided in § 12.1-21.2:
A 1. For filing any one of the following, the
fee shall be $25:
1 a. Articles of incorporation, domestication,
entity conversion or incorporation surrender.
2 b. Articles of entity conversion to convert
a domestic limited liability company to a corporation.
c. Articles of amendment or restatement.
3 d. Articles of merger or share exchange.
4 e. Articles of correction.
5 f. An application of a foreign corporation for
a certificate of authority to transact business in the Commonwealth.
6 g. An application of a foreign corporation for
an amended certificate of authority to transact business in the Commonwealth.
7 h. A copy of an amendment to the articles of
incorporation of a foreign corporation holding a certificate of authority to
transact business in the Commonwealth.
8 i. A copy of articles of merger of a foreign
corporation holding a certificate of authority to transact business in the
Commonwealth.
9 j. A copy of an instrument of entity
conversion of a foreign corporation holding a certificate of authority to
transact business in the Commonwealth.
B 2. For filing any one of the following, the
fee shall be $10:
1 a. An application to reserve or to renew the
reservation of a corporate name.
2 b. A notice of transfer of a reserved corporate
name.
3 c. An application for use of an
indistinguishable name.
4 d. Articles of dissolution.
5 e. Articles of revocation of dissolution.
6 f. Articles of termination of corporate
existence.
7 g. A statement of withdrawal of a foreign
corporation.
C 3. For issuing a certificate of change of name
the fee shall be $5.
§ 13.1-815. Fees to be collected by Commission; payment of fees prerequisite to Commission action; exceptions.
A. The Commission shall assess the registration fees and shall charge and collect filing fees, the charter fees and entrance fees imposed by law. The Commission shall have authority to certify to the Comptroller directing refund of any overpayment of a fee, or of any fee collected for a document which is not accepted for filing, at any time within one year from the date of its payment.
B. The Commission shall not file or issue with respect to any
domestic or foreign corporation any document or certificate specified in this
chapter, except the report required by § 13.1-936, a statement of change
pursuant to § 13.1-834 or 13.1-926, and a statement of resignation pursuant to
§ 13.1-835 or 13.1-927, until all fees, charges, fines, penalties, and interest
assessed, imposed, charged, or to be collected by the Commission pursuant to
this chapter or Title 12.1 have been paid by or on behalf of such corporation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission may file or issue any document or
certificate with respect to a domestic or foreign corporation that has been
assessed an annual registration fee if the document or certificate is filed or
issued with an effective date that is prior to on or before the
due date of the corporation's annual registration payment in any year,
provided that the Commission shall not issue a certificate of domestication
with respect to a foreign corporation until the annual registration fee has
been paid by or on behalf of that corporation. Except as hereinafter
provided, the issuance of a certificate of termination of corporate existence
pursuant to § 13.1-913 shall not have the effect of releasing any obligation
that has accrued in favor of this Commonwealth on account of such assessment.
C. Any domestic corporation that has ceased to exist
because of the issuance of a certificate of termination of corporate existence
or certificate of incorporation surrender or any foreign corporation that has
obtained a certificate of withdrawal, effective prior to on or before
its annual report due date pursuant to subsection C of § 13.1-936 in any year,
shall not be required to pay the registration fee for that year. Any domestic
or foreign corporation that has merged, effective prior to on or
before its annual report due date pursuant to subsection C of § 13.1-936 in
any year, into a surviving domestic corporation or into a surviving foreign
corporation that files with the Commission the certificate of merger prior
to on or before such date, shall not be required to pay the
registration fee for that year. The Commission shall enter an order
withdrawing and canceling cancel the registration fee assessments
above specified remaining in this subsection that
remain unpaid.
D. Registration fee assessments that have been paid shall not be refunded.
§ 13.1-815.1. Charter and entrance fees for corporations.
A. Every domestic corporation, upon the granting of its
charter or upon domestication, shall pay a $50 charter fee
in the amount of $50 into the state treasury, and every foreign
corporation without capital stock shall pay an entrance fee of $50
into the state treasury for its certificate of authority to conduct its
affairs transact business in this the Commonwealth.
B. For any foreign corporation that files articles of
domestication and that had authority to transact business in this the
Commonwealth at the time of such filing, the charter fee to be charged upon
domestication shall be an amount equal to the difference between the amount
that would be required by this section and the amount already paid as an
entrance fee by such corporation. If no charter or entrance fee has been
heretofore paid to this Commonwealth, the amount to be paid shall be the same
as would have to be paid on original incorporation or application for authority
to transact business.
§ 13.1-1005. Fees.
The Commission shall charge and collect the following fees:
1. For filing any one of the following, the fee shall be $100:
a. Articles of organization.
b. An application for registration as a foreign limited liability company.
c. Articles of reinstatement.
d. Articles of entity conversion to convert a domestic corporation to a limited liability company.
e. Articles of domestication.
2. For filing any one of the following, the fee shall be $25:
a. Articles of amendment.
b. Articles of cancellation with respect to a domestic limited liability company or a certificate of cancellation with respect to a foreign limited liability company.
c. Articles of correction referred to in § 13.1-1011.1 or a certificate of correction referred to in § 13.1-1055.
d. A copy of an instrument of merger of a foreign limited liability company referred to in § 13.1-1060.
e. Articles of merger.
f. A copy of an instrument of entity conversion of a foreign limited liability company holding a certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth.
g. Articles of restatement.
h. Articles of organization surrender.
3. For filing any one of the following, the fee shall be $10:
a. An application to reserve or to renew the reservation of a name for use by a domestic or foreign limited liability company.
b. A notice of the transfer of a name reserved for use by a domestic or a foreign limited liability company.
4. For issuing a certificate pursuant to § 13.1-1067, $6 for each certificate.
§ 13.1-1065. Payment of fees, fines, penalties, and interest prerequisite to Commission action; refunds.
A. The Commission shall not file or issue with respect to any
domestic or foreign limited liability company any document or certificate
specified in this chapter, except a statement of change pursuant to § 13.1-1016
and a statement of resignation pursuant to § 13.1-1017, until all fees, fines,
penalties, and interest assessed, imposed, charged, or to be collected by the
Commission pursuant to this chapter or Title 12.1 have been paid by or on
behalf of such limited liability company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Commission may file or issue any document or certificate with respect to a
domestic or foreign limited liability company that has been assessed an annual
registration fee if the document or certificate is filed or issued with an
effective date that is prior to on or before the due date of the
limited liability company's annual registration fee payment in any year,
provided that the Commission shall not issue a certificate of domestication
with respect to a foreign limited liability company until the annual
registration fee has been paid by or on behalf of that limited liability
company.
B. The Commission shall have authority to certify to the Comptroller directing refund of any overpayment of a fee, or of any fee collected for a document that is not accepted for filing, at any time within one year from the date of its payment.
§ 13.1-1252. Annual registration fees to be paid by domestic and foreign business trusts.
A. Every domestic business trust, and every foreign business
trust registered to transact business in this the Commonwealth,
shall pay into the state treasury on or before September October
1 in each year after the calendar year in which it was formed or registered to
transact business in this the Commonwealth an annual registration
fee of fifty dollars $50.
B. The fees paid into the state treasury under this section and the fees collected under § 13.1-1204 shall be set aside and paid into the special fund created under § 13.1-775.1, and shall be used only by the Commission as it deems necessary to defray the costs of the Commission and of the office of the clerk of the Commission in supervising, implementing, administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The projected excess of fees collected over the costs of administration and enforcement so incurred shall be paid into the general fund prior to the close of each fiscal year, based on the unexpended balance of the special fund at the end of the prior fiscal year. An adjustment of this transfer amount to reflect actual fees collected shall occur during the first quarter of the succeeding fiscal year.
§ 13.1-1255. Payment of fees, fines, penalties, and interest prerequisite to Commission action; refunds.
A. The Commission shall not file or issue with respect to any
domestic or foreign business trust any document or certificate specified in
this chapter, except a statement of change pursuant to § 13.1-1221 and a
statement of resignation pursuant to § 13.1-1222, until all fees, fines, penalties,
and interest assessed, imposed, charged, or to be collected by the Commission
pursuant to this chapter or Title 12.1 have been paid by or on behalf of such
business trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission may file or issue
any document or certificate with respect to a domestic or foreign business
trust that has been assessed an annual registration fee if the document or
certificate is filed or issued with an effective date that is prior to
on or before the due date of the business trust's annual registration fee
payment in any year, provided that the Commission shall not issue a
certificate of domestication with respect to a foreign business trust until the
annual registration fee has been paid by or on behalf of that business trust.
B. The Commission shall have the authority to certify to the Comptroller directing refund of any overpayment of a fee, or of any fee collected for a document that is not accepted for filing, at any time within one year from the date of its payment.
§ 50-73.67. Annual registration fees to be paid by domestic and foreign limited partnerships.
Every domestic limited partnership, and every foreign limited
partnership registered to transact business in this the
Commonwealth, shall pay into the state treasury on or before September
October 1 in each year after the calendar year in which it was formed or
registered to transact business in this the Commonwealth an
annual registration fee of fifty dollars $50.
The fees paid into the state treasury under this section and
the fees collected under subsection C of § 50-73.17 shall be set aside and paid
into the special fund created under § 13.1-775.1, and shall be used only by the
Commission as it deems necessary to defray the costs of the Commission and of
the office of the Clerk clerk of the Commission in supervising,
implementing, administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The
projected excess of fees collected over the costs of administration and
enforcement so incurred shall be paid into the general fund prior to the close
of each fiscal year, based on the unexpended balance of the special fund at the
end of the prior fiscal year. An adjustment of this transfer amount to reflect
actual fees collected shall occur during the first quarter of the succeeding
fiscal year.
§ 50-73.70. Payment of fees, fines, penalties, and interest prerequisite to Commission action; refunds.
A. The Commission shall not file or issue with respect to any
domestic or foreign limited partnership any document or certificate specified
in this chapter, except a statement of change pursuant to § 50-73.5 and a
statement of resignation pursuant to § 50-73.6, until all fees, fines,
penalties, and interest assessed, imposed, charged, or to be collected by the
Commission pursuant to this chapter or Title 12.1 have been paid by or on
behalf of such limited partnership. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Commission may file or issue any document or certificate with respect to a
domestic or foreign limited partnership that has been assessed an annual
registration fee if the document or certificate is filed or issued with an
effective date that is prior to on or before the due date of the
limited partnership's annual registration fee payment in any year.
B. The Commission shall have authority to certify to the Comptroller directing refund of any overpayment of a fee, or of any fee collected for a document that is not accepted for filing, at any time within one year from the date of its payment.