An organization may register its name with the secretary of the commonwealth Virginia is designated as a commonwealth, along with kentucky, massachusetts, and pennsylvania Registration provides you with certain legal protections whenever others use your organization name in virginia.
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The purpose of an authentication by our office is to verify to foreign governments that certain virginia officials are in good standing
Depending on the destination country, the authentication is issued either as a great seal or an apostille.
Have your signature properly notarized by a virginia notary on part 3 of your printed application This must be done prior to mailing your application to our office for processing. In august 2023, governor youngkin appointed kelly gee to serve as the secretary of the commonwealth Secretary gee spent the last decade in public service, including eight years as a senior staff member to general assembly leadership and five years at the virginia lottery.
