SCC eFile Update
SCC eFile now offers online certificates
of good standing for corporations and certificates of fact of existence or registration
for limited liability companies (LLC). The PDF submission option has been enhanced
to allow Virginia corporations and LLCs to submit articles of amendment and restatement.
LLCs are able to submit articles of cancellation. Multiple Uniform Commercial Code
(UCC) documents may be submitted in a PDF submission.
Customers can also use SCC eFile
to form a Virginia stock corporation or LLC, perform registered agent changes and
resignations, file corporate annual reports, pay corporate and LLC annual registration
fees; file UCC statements and amendments by entering data on the SCC eFile forms,
and pay related fees; and perform a basic business entity search.
For more information:
Notice to Limited Liability Companies:
The Commission has adopted a regulation, effective
April 30, 2011, changing the schedule for the assessment of annual registration
fees for limited liability companies. The Clerk’s Office has prepared an
informational notice that explains the effect on individual companies. For
additional information, call the Clerk’s Office Call Center at (804) 371-9733 or
toll-free in Virginia at 1-866-722-2551.
General Information
The Clerk of the Commission is the official custodian of the judicial and administrative
records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC).
In most instances, business entity, UCC and Commission case documents and information
on file in the Office of the Clerk are open to public examination. Personal computers,
as well as microfilm and microfiche viewers, are available on site to the public
for reviewing these documents and information.
While staff members of the Clerk's Office can provide information regarding the
requirements under Virginia law for filing a document in this office, the staff
is prohibited from providing legal or tax advice to the public. Guidance on these
matters should be obtained from a legal or tax professional. Persons needing legal
assistance may wish to contact the
Virginia Lawyer Referral Service
, a service offered by the Virginia State Bar.
Notice Regarding Personal Identifiable Information
Generally, personal identifiable information such as social security or driver's
license number, date of birth, or financial institution account number should NOT
be included in business entity or Uniform Commercial Code documents submitted to
the Office of the Clerk for filing with the Commission. The person who prepares
or submits to the Clerk's Office a document for filing is responsible for ensuring
that the document contains no such information. The Clerk's Office is authorized
to obliterate, without prior notice, personal identifiable data included in a document
or refuse to accept for filing a document containing such data. However, information
contained in documents filed with the Commission is subject to public viewing.
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Joel H. Peck
Clerk of the Commission