How to Get a DBA in Virginia
- 1). Obtain from the county circuit court clerk's office an assumed name or DBA application for every county in which you intend to do business in Virginia. Enter your business information into the fields provided on the form.
- 2). Sign the form in the presence of a notary public and pay him to affix the notary seal to the document along with his own signature.
- 3). Take the assumed name certificate back to the county circuit court clerk's office to file it with the county in question.
- 4). Pay the county circuit clerk fees to record the DBA with the clerk and for each certificate you want for your own records.
- 5). Take your county DBA certificate to the local office of the Virginia State Corporation Commission if your business is an LLC or corporation. File your DBA certificate or certificates with the Virginia SCC clerk and pay the filing fee.
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