Foreign registration · Form LLC1052

Idaho LLC Foreign Registration in Virginia

To do business in Virginia, an LLC formed in Idaho registers there on Form LLC1052, with $100 in state fees. Virginia also wants Idaho's Certificate of Existence ($10), dated within one year. We file it with the State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk from your Idaho records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Idaho and Virginia each ask for

	Idaho formed here	Virginia registering here
Document	Idaho Certificate of Existence	Form LLC1052, Application for Certificate of Registration to Transact Business in Virginia as a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Idaho: online or by mail	Filed online with Virginia
Office	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk
Official page	sosbiz.idaho.gov	scc.virginia.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within one year
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Idaho registered agent	Our Virginia registered agent

How Idaho companies register with Virginia

Order the Idaho certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($10) is ordered from Idaho separately; it is not part of our Virginia order. Virginia counts one year from the day Idaho issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form LLC1052
It lists us as your Virginia registered agent, next to your Idaho name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once Idaho's certificate is in hand, Virginia's filing goes in. Once Virginia approves it, the Idaho company can do business there.

First-year cost, Idaho to Virginia

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Existence, paid to Idaho	$10
Our service, with a year of Virginia registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Idaho certificate included	$309

Will your Idaho name work for Virginia?

Virginia can hold a name for 120 days for $10 before you file.

Your Virginia agent and the Idaho one

Idaho and Virginia both call it a registered agent. Virginia papers come to us; Idaho's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Virginia and Idaho

Each year your LLC files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Idaho plus Virginia comes to $199 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

Registering a Virginia company in Idaho

An LLC formed in Virginia that registers with Idaho files Idaho's registration (no form number) with $103.50 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Idaho owners ask about Virginia

Does my Idaho company need to register in Virginia?

Yes, once an Idaho business operates there; Virginia law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does it cost to register an Idaho LLC in Virginia?

$299 at checkout plus $10 to Idaho for the Certificate of Existence, $309 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Idaho's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Virginia wants Idaho's Certificate of Existence ($10), no more than one year old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Idaho and Virginia?

$199 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Idaho and $50 to Virginia for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Virginia?

An Idaho company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Virginia can add a civil penalty of up to $5,000.

Does Virginia require a registered agent?

Yes: the Idaho registered agent stays, and ours covers Virginia for year one.

Can I form a new Virginia LLC instead?

Yes, but Idaho keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50), and the original keeps Idaho's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Virginia later?

Idaho companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Cancellation; until then, Virginia's report stays due alongside Idaho's filings.

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