Virginia does not require member or manager names in its own public LLC filing. Virginia's SCC already keeps member and manager names off the public record — the organizer/signer is the only public name, so route that role through a formation service. A Wyoming parent above a Virginia LLC is mainly about layering a more court-tested charging-order statute on top of privacy Virginia already provides. See our Wyoming holding company guide and full list of anonymous LLC states for more.
$100
Articles of Organization filing fee
No names
SCC keeps no record of members or managers
$50/yr
Flat Annual Registration fee, no annual report
§ 13.1-1041.1
Exclusive-remedy charging order, no foreclosure exception
Virginia is one of the most privacy-friendly states in this series for a structural reason most states can't match: it files LLCs through the State Corporation Commission rather than a Secretary of State, and the SCC simply does not collect member or manager names. The Articles of Organization cost $100, filed under Form LLC-1011, and the only recurring obligation is a flat $50 Annual Registration — no annual report that could surface ownership later. The one public name is the organizer who signs the filing, which is why a formation service typically fills that role. Because Virginia's own record doesn't force an owner's name into the public database, a Wyoming holding LLC above a Virginia LLC is less about hiding ownership and more about layering a more heavily tested charging-order statute on top of privacy Virginia already provides for free.
Virginia's Articles of Organization, filed with the State Corporation Commission (SCC) rather than a Secretary of State, require only the entity name, principal office address, and registered agent name/address. The SCC does not ask for — and does not maintain a record of — member or manager names in either a member-managed or manager-managed LLC. The one name that becomes public is the organizer who signs the Articles, searchable at cis.scc.virginia.gov. Because Virginia has no annual report requirement (only a flat annual registration fee), there's no recurring filing that could surface ownership information later either.
Because Virginia's SCC never collects a member or manager name in the first place, there's no public field for a Wyoming holding LLC to occupy the way there is in a disclosure state like Illinois or West Virginia. The one public name is the organizer, so routing that role through a formation service rather than yourself is what closes Virginia's only real exposure point. Where a Wyoming parent still earns its place is asset protection depth: Virginia's charging-order statute (Va. Code § 13.1-1041.1) reads as strong on its face — an exclusive remedy with no foreclosure exception in the text — but it has not been tested by a Virginia appellate decision directly on point the way Wyoming's own statute has been, so a Wyoming holding LLC above a Virginia operating company adds a more heavily litigated body of protective case law on top of privacy Virginia already delivers for free.
Virginia's SCC not collecting member or manager names doesn't change federal law: beneficial owners of the Virginia LLC — and of any Wyoming holding LLC above it — must still be reported to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act, which is not open to public search.
Va. Code § 13.1-1041.1 — exclusive remedy per statute, with no foreclosure exception in the text, but not yet confirmed by a Virginia appellate decision directly on point. Va. Code § 13.1-1041.1 states the charging order is 'the exclusive remedy' by which a judgment creditor may satisfy a judgment out of a member's transferable interest, with no foreclosure exception surfaced in the statutory language and no distinction drawn between single- and multi-member LLCs. Unlike Florida's Olmstead decision or Wyoming's own statute, no Virginia appellate case was confirmed for this guide as having tested the provision directly — treat it as strong on paper but less court-tested than Wyoming's before relying on it heavily for a specific plan.
Virginia charges no franchise tax on LLCs. The only recurring state filing is a flat $50 Annual Registration fee (Va. Code § 13.1-1062), due by the last day of the LLC's anniversary month, with administrative cancellation possible roughly three months after a missed deadline. Pass-through income is taxed to members at Virginia's graduated personal income tax rates, 2.00% to a top marginal 5.75% (the top rate applies above $17,000 in taxable income, 2026).
Note: Confirm the $100 formation fee and $50 Annual Registration fee directly at scc.virginia.gov. Also worth flagging: a specific 2016 Virginia Supreme Court clarification of the LLC veil-piercing standard is referenced in some secondary sources but its exact citation could not be independently verified for this guide — Virginia's leading confirmed authority remains C.F. Trust, Inc. v. First Flight Ltd. Partnership (2003), a limited partnership case whose two-prong test Virginia courts apply to LLCs generally. Verify both points before relying on this page for a specific asset-protection plan.
No. Virginia's Articles of Organization are filed with the State Corporation Commission (SCC), which requires only the entity name, principal address, and registered agent — it does not collect or keep a record of member or manager names at all. The one public name is the organizer who signs the filing.
Virginia's own filing already keeps member and manager names off the public record. Use a formation service — not yourself — as the organizer so the one public field doesn't point back to you, and consider a Wyoming holding LLC as the member on your private operating agreement for a more court-tested charging-order statute.
On paper, yes — Va. Code § 13.1-1041.1 makes the charging order the exclusive remedy with no foreclosure exception in the text. But no Virginia appellate decision was confirmed for this guide as having tested that language directly, unlike Wyoming's more heavily litigated statute, so treat the protection as strong but less battle-tested.
Bottom line: Virginia's SCC never collects a member or manager name in the first place, so a Wyoming parent here is mainly an asset-protection and case-law upgrade for a state that already keeps ownership off the public filing.