How to Create a Business Entity in Virginia PDF Print E-mail
To incorporate in Virginia, you file Articles of Incorporation with the State Corporation Commission (“SCC”) along with an application fee.  This reserves the name you choose for your own use, unless it is already taken.  Go to their web site at http://www.state.va.us/scc/division/clk/diracc.htm and search for a name first if you need to.  Then you complete and sign the application as an incorporator and mail it to the State Corporation Commission with a check.  Once approved you now own a company.