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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 405 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2003, chapter 374<\/a>; in 2007, chapters 810<\/a> and 925<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 509<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":147949,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75348,"identifier":"13.1-815.1","token":"13.1\/10\/2\/13.1-815.1","url":"\/13.1-815.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-815.1\/","token":"13.1\/10\/2\/13.1-815.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Charter and entrance fees for corporations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-815.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Every domestic corporation<\/span>, upon the granting of its charter or upon domestication, shall pay a charter fee in the amount of $50 into the state<\/span> treasury, and every foreign corporation<\/span> shall pay an entrance fee of $50 into the state<\/span> treasury for its certificate of authority to transact business<\/span> in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> For any foreign corporation<\/span> that files articles of domestication and that had authority to transact business<\/span> in 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. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> For any domestic stock corporation<\/span> that files articles of conversion to become a domestic corporation<\/span>, the charter fee to be charged shall be an amount equal to the difference between the amount already paid as a charter fee by the domestic stock corporation<\/span> and the amount that would be required by this section to be paid. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHARTER AND ENTRANCE FEES FOR CORPORATIONS (\u00a7 13.1-815.1)\n\nA. Every domestic corporation, upon the granting of its charter or upon\ndomestication, shall pay a charter fee in the amount of $50 into the state\ntreasury, and every foreign corporation shall pay an entrance fee of $50 into\nthe state treasury for its certificate of authority to transact business in the\nCommonwealth.\n\nB. For any foreign corporation that files articles of domestication and that had\nauthority to transact business in the Commonwealth at the time of such filing,\nthe charter fee to be charged upon domestication shall be an amount equal to the\ndifference between the amount that would be required by this section and the\namount already paid as an entrance fee by such corporation.\n\nC. For any domestic stock corporation that files articles of conversion to\nbecome a domestic corporation, the charter fee to be charged shall be an amount\nequal to the difference between the amount already paid as a charter fee by the\ndomestic stock corporation and the amount that would be required by this section\nto be paid.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 405; 2003, c. 374; 2007, cc. 810, 925; 2008, c. 509; 2021, Sp.\nSess. I, c. 487.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}