Registered Agent in Virginia for a Virginia
Corporation or Virginia LLC
Registered Agent in
Virginia- What
you Need to Know
Virginia requires that each Virginia LLC or
Virginia
corporation each have a Registered Agent in Virginia. Without
a proper Registered Agent in Virginia on file with the State of Virginia , your legal entity will not be in compliance
with the law and will be at risk for cancellation.
What is a Virginia Registered Agent?
Many new business owners do not even know what a Virginia Registered Agent
is. The Registered Agent in Virginia is a person or entity who is the
Virginia LLC
or Virginia corporation's statutory agent. This means that it is the
official agent who is authorized to accept legal papers and tax
documents on behalf of the Virginia LLC or Virginia corporation.
Virginia needs to be sure that there is
some legal person located within the state that can accept legal and
other papers for the LLC or corporation. The name and address
of the Registered Agent in Virginia is a matter of public record and so anyone
can look up the Virginia Registered Agent information for a Virginia LLC or
Virginia corporation.
Who Can Be a Virginia Registered Agent?
The Virginia LLC or Virginia corporation itself cannot be its own
Registered Agent in Virginia. The Virginia Registered Agent must be permanently and
physically located in Virginia. If you are an owner of your Virginia LLC or
Virginia corporation (or a director) and have your permanent resident address in Virginia,
you can serve as your business entity's Registered Agent in Virginia. Some
owners choose to serve as their business entity's Registered Agent
in Virginia.
Others choose to hire a registered agent service for one or some of
the following reasons:
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Privacy. Many business owners
of a Virginia LLC or Virginia corporation do not want their name and personal address to be a matter of
public record.
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No Physical Address in Virginia.
Many business owners do not have a permanent and physical
address in Virginia. PO Boxes and pure mailing address
services are not allowed to be registered offices for a Registered
Agent in Virginia.
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Changing Addresses. If a
business owner plans on moving or does not know if he/she will
remain at an address for the indefinite future, he/she may
prefer to use a Virginia Registered Agent service for stability and to
avoid the necessary filing requirements later when the address
changes.
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Availability During Normal Business
Hours. The Virginia Registered Agent must be available during
normal business hours on the weekdays to accept paperwork that
might be delivered to the registered agent address in Virginia. If a
business owner does not keep regular hours or will not be
generally available during business hours at the Virginia registered
agent address, he/she should use a registered agent service.
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Choose to Have A Professional
Registered Agent Handle the Obligation. Many
business owners realize that they have enough to worry about in
getting their business started and profitable. By
retaining a Virginia registered agent service, there is one less
obligation to worry about.
A Virginia Registered Agent's obligation is to
be available to accept documents and papers on behalf of your
business entity and to promptly forward such documents and papers to
the principal office of the LLC or corporation. A Registered
Agent in Virginia is not serving as a lawyer or other advisor for
the Virginia LLC or Virginia corporation and is not required to review
any documents merely by because it is the Virginia registered agent. The
Virginia Registered Agent plays a required and
statutorily appointed administration role for your business entity.
If you purchase Registered Agent
Services from VirginiaBusinessFormation.com, you can rest assured
that you will have a professional registered agent in Virginia for your
Virginia LLC or
Virginia corporation.
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