Verify any Virginia business in seconds.
Virginia SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records + OFAC SDN screening — all in one verification packet. Real-time pull from the official VA SOS, normalized into a clean credit-file PDF.
What you get with a Virginia lookup
- Virginia SOS entity record — name, status, entity type, formation date, registered agent + address, principal office, and officers/managers where the state exposes them.
- USDOT / FMCSA carrier verification — for trucking deals, we pull the carrier's authority status, MC#, fleet size, MCS-150 history, and BASIC scores. Auto-matched to the SOS legal name when applicable.
- OFAC SDN screening — every search runs the company name against the Treasury sanctions list. Clear-result PDFs are signed.
- DBA / Fictitious Name registries — surfaces the county/town clerk where this entity would file a DBA in Virginia, plus the statewide registry when one exists.
- One merged PDF — cover sheet + SOS record + USDOT snapshot + supporting docs, all in a credit-file-ready packet.
How Virginia files business entities
Virginia files entities through the State Corporation Commission (SCC) — not the Secretary of State, which is unusual. The SCC's Clerk's Information System at cis.scc.virginia.gov is gated by a reCAPTCHA v3 invisible challenge plus an anti-forgery token on form POST, which makes scripted access harder than most.
Official portal: Virginia State Corporation Commission (Clerk's Information System) ↗
How DBAs work in Virginia
Virginia centralized DBA filings at the SCC effective January 1, 2020 — circuit court clerks no longer accept Fictitious Name filings. All Virginia trade-name registrations now flow through the SCC, making it one of the cleaner states for DBA discovery (after a confusing transition period).
Credit-underwriting gotchas in Virginia
Virginia LLCs owe a $50 annual registration fee due by the last day of the month of formation. Missed annual registrations trigger 'Termination of Existence' after 3 months past due — Virginia moves faster on termination than most states. Reinstating a terminated VA LLC requires paying all back fees plus a reinstatement filing, and the entity loses some statutory protections for the gap period.
Practical Virginia reference
Filing fees: $100 LLC formation fee + $50 annual registration
Officer visibility: Officers, members, and registered agents are visible on the public CIS detail page after the captcha clears. Filed documents are downloadable as PDFs.
Virginia county DBA registries
We've indexed 12 Virginia county clerk DBA portals with deep-links straight to each one's search form — no landing pages, no clicking around. Members can paste any Virginia address and we'll tell them exactly which county clerk to search.
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VerifySOS pulls the Virginia SOS record directly in real-time. Most VA lookups complete in seconds — no manual lookup, no PDF upload required. Owners/officers are included wherever Virginia publishes them on the free public record.
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