An authenticated copy is a certified copy. 

You can request a certified copy of your documents from the Secretary of State or custodian of business entity records in your jurisdiction. The certification date on the copies must be no more than 12 months old.

Please note: We cannot accept a “certificate of existence” in place of a certified copy of your business entity’s organizational documents. 

A person may reserve the exclusive use of an available business entity name for a period of 120 days by filing an application with the Commission, which includes paying a filing fee of $10. The reservation can be for a Virginia or foreign business entity and may be renewed for successive periods of 120 days during the 45-day period preceding the date of a reservation’s expiration. If the reservation is not renewed within the 120 day period, the exclusive use of the business entity name will be revoked.

Applications for a name reservation or a renewal of a name reservation may be filed online in CIS. Downloadable forms are available for the various business entities on our Forms & Fees page.

A foreign corporation, before it receives a certificate of authority to transact business in Virginia, may register its corporate name for a period of one year by filing an application and a certificate of good standing with the Commission and paying a filing fee of $25. The certificate of good standing, or a document of similar import, must be issued by the custodian of corporate records in the state or other jurisdiction under whose laws the corporation is incorporated.

A foreign stock corporation may also register its corporate name with a corporate designator (e.g., “Inc.”) added, if one is not part of its true name. The registration can be renewed for successive one year periods during the 60-day period preceding the date of a registration’s expiration.

An application for a name registration or a renewal of a name registration is available for foreign corporations online in CIS or on form SCC632/831.

QUARTERLY UPDATE TO THE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMING INSURER

MARKET CONDUCT EXAMINATION REPORT OF LEMONADE INSURANCE COMPANY (Order date 3/26/2024)

KING’S GRANT CONTINUING CARE PROVIDER 2024 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

PC Market Conduct Examination Report

Order to take notice for ins-2022-00190

order for pur-2024-00122

Guide for paying your annual registration fee online in CIS.