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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86869</law_id><section_number>13.1-616</section_number><catch_line>Fees for filing documents or issuing certificates</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9">Virginia Stock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Fees</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall charge and collect the following fees, except as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Miscellaneous charges" href="/12.1-21.2/">12.1-21.2</a>:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> For filing of articles of conversion to convert a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> to an <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span>, the fee shall be $100. <a id="paragraph-311019" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-616/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> For filing any one of the following, the fee shall be $25:
			a. <span class="dictionary">Articles of incorporation</span> or domestication.
			b. Articles of conversion to convert an <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> to a corporation.
			c. Articles of amendment or restatement.
			d. Articles of <span class="dictionary">merger</span> or <span class="dictionary">share exchange</span>.
			e. Articles of correction.
			f. Articles of ratification.
			g. An application of a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> for a certificate of authority to transact business in the Commonwealth.
			h. An application of a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> for an amended certificate of authority to transact business in the Commonwealth.
			i. A copy of an amendment of the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> of a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> holding a certificate of authority to transact business in the Commonwealth.
			j. A copy of articles of <span class="dictionary">merger</span> of a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> holding a certificate of authority to transact business in the Commonwealth.
			k. A copy of an instrument of conversion of a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> holding a certificate of authority to transact business in the Commonwealth.
			l. An application to register or to renew the registration of a corporate name. <a id="paragraph-311020" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-616/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> For filing any one of the following, the fee shall be $10:
			a. An application to reserve or to renew the reservation of a corporate name.
			b. A notice of transfer of a reserved corporate name.
			c. An application for use of an indistinguishable name.
			d. Articles of dissolution.
			e. Articles of <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of dissolution.
			f. Articles of termination of corporate existence.
			g. An application for a certificate of withdrawal of a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span>.
			h. A notice of release of a registered name. <a id="paragraph-311021" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-616/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> For issuing a certificate pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Property title records" href="/13.1-781/">13.1-781</a>, the fee shall be $6. <a id="paragraph-311022" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-616/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13-18, 13.1-123, 13.1-124.1; 1956, c. 428; 1958, c. 564; 1964, c. 551; 1972, c. 579; 1975, c. 500; 1981, c. 522; 1982, c. 460; 1984, c. 294; 1985, c. 522; 1988, c. 405; 1995, c. 368; 2001, c. 545; 2002, c. 1; 2004, c. 274; 2005, c. 765; 2007, cc. 771, 810; 2012, c. 130; 2019, c. 734; 2020, c. 1226.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
