SCC eFile
SCC eFile offers online options
for the most common business entity filings. It is a secure, convenient, and cost-effective
alternative to submitting paper.
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, obtain
certificates of good standing for corporations and certificates of fact of existence
or registration for LLCs, submit articles of amendment and restatement for Virginia
corporations and LLCs and articles of cancellation for LLCs; file UCC financing
statements and amendments, check business entity name distinguishability and perform
basic business entity searches.
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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