Reinstate an LLC in Virginia: a hundred dollars, undoing the algorithm.
The company lapsed, the state acted, and now the way back runs through the State Corporation Commission: the reinstatement application, $100 plus back fees and penalties, plus the catch-up the state expects. Virginia’s automatic cancellations reverse manually: $100 plus the arrears, within five years. Here is the whole comeback, in order, and how to make sure there is never a second one.
The reinstatement prepared and filed with the state, back filings caught up, so the company returns with clean standing.
Four facts cover the whole system
The filing that restores a lapsed company to the record: the reinstatement application, $100 plus back fees and penalties, with the State Corporation Commission, alongside whatever the state requires caught up. Standing returns when it is accepted; the company continues rather than starting over. We prepare and file it →
Virginia cancels delinquent LLCs by operation of law, no human involved, and reinstates them the deliberate way: the $100 application, each missed $50 annual fee, and $25 penalties per lapsed year, within five years at the SCC. The algorithm ended the company; only paperwork brings it back.
Each missed annual registration fee at $50 plus the $25 penalty per year, alongside the $100 application, filed with the SCC inside the five-year window.
The state side starts at $100 plus back fees and penalties for the reinstatement application, plus the back filings and their fees. When we handle it, the total is the state fees plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the back filings prepared and the recurring deadline put on autopilot so the lapse never repeats.
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Four steps back, and one that keeps you back
Virginia’s comeback runs in sequence: confirm the status, cure the cause, catch up the filings, then the reinstatement application for $100 plus back fees and penalties with the State Corporation Commission. The window matters here, five years from the cancellation, then the option ends. Done in order, standing returns and the record moves on.
Where you stand decides what you do next
Move while the cure is simple: we prepare and file the reinstatement with the back filings caught up, and the company returns with clean standing.
Banks and counterparties see the lapsed status until the cure files, and nothing else about the company has actually changed. The catch-up-plus-application path is the fastest route back to a clean record; we expedite exactly this situation routinely.
The deadline that started this never stops coming. Put the recurring filing on autopilot and the lapse never repeats.
The cancellation was automatic, the comeback required humans
Virginia cancelled the Richmond company by operation of law, a month-end no one chose, and the reinstatement was the opposite of automatic: the application, the missed fees, the penalties, humans signing things. The asymmetry is the lesson, the state ends companies effortlessly and restores them deliberately. Automation runs one direction in Virginia. Come back by hand, within five years.
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Virginia, beyond the comeback
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How do I reinstate an LLC in Virginia?
Cure the cause, catch up the filings, and submit the reinstatement application with the State Corporation Commission, $100 plus back fees and penalties plus the back fees. Standing returns when it is accepted, and the company continues rather than starting over. We handle the whole sequence as part of reinstatement service.
How much does it cost to reinstate a Virginia LLC?
The application is $100 plus back fees and penalties, plus the back filings and their fees, the real total depends on how long the lapse ran. When we handle it, the total is the state fees plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the back filings prepared and the recurring deadline put on autopilot so the lapse never repeats.
Does Virginia require tax clearance to reinstate?
No: Virginia adds no tax-clearance step to the reinstatement, the application and the back filings carry it. Final accuracy still matters, the state cross-checks what you owe, which is why we prepare the catch-up filings together with the application.
How long do I have to reinstate my Virginia LLC?
Five years from the cancellation, then the option ends.
Should I reinstate or just form a new LLC?
Reinstate, in most cases: the cure preserves the formation date, the EIN, the contracts, the name, and the history, while a new entity resets all of it and leaves the old company’s loose ends dangling. Re-forming only wins when the back fees exceed the value of continuity, we run that math with you before filing either way.
What should I do after the company is reinstated?
Confirm the standing shows clean on the record, tell the bank and any counterparties who saw the lapse, and put the recurring deadline on autopilot, the filing that started this comes due again on schedule, and the second lapse is never cheaper than the first.
Can File.Business reinstate my Virginia LLC for me?
Yes: we confirm the status, cure the cause, prepare the back filings, and submit the application, then put the recurring deadline on autopilot so the lapse never repeats. When we handle it, the total is the state fees plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the back filings prepared and the recurring deadline put on autopilot so the lapse never repeats.
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