Virginia § 13.1-1204 - Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates
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§ 13.1-1204. Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates
The Commission shall charge and collect the following fees, except as provided in § 12.1-21.2:
1. For filing any one of the following, the fee shall be $100:
a. Articles of trust.
b. An application for registration as a foreign business trust.
c. Articles of domestication.
d. Articles of entity conversion.
2. For filing any one of the following, the fee shall be $25:
a. Articles of amendment.
b. Articles of restatement.
c. Articles of cancellation.
d. Articles of correction referred to in § 13.1-1213, a copy of an amendment or a correction referred to in § 13.1-1245, or an amended application for registration referred to in § 13.1-1245, provided that an amended application shall not require a separate fee when it is filed with a copy of an amendment or a correction referred to in § 13.1-1245.
e. A copy of an instrument of merger of a foreign business trust referred to in § 13.1-1250.
f. Articles of merger.
g. Articles of trust surrender.
h. A copy of an instrument of entity conversion of a foreign business trust holding a certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth.
i. An application for a certificate of cancellation of a foreign business trust.
3. For filing any one of the following, the fee shall be $10:
a. An application to reserve or to renew the reservation of a name for use by a domestic or foreign business trust.
b. A notice of the transfer of a name reserved for use by a domestic or foreign business trust.
4. For issuing a certificate pursuant to § 13.1-1285, the fee shall be $6.
2002, c. 621; 2003, c. 373; 2004, c. 274; 2007, c. 771; 2008, c. 101; 2012, c. 130; 2013, c. 25.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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