State Corporation Commission (SCC)

The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) operates as a unique department of government, exercising administrative, legislative, and judicial authority over utilities, insurance, financial institutions, securities, retail franchising, and railroads. It also functions as the state’s central filing office for corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and Uniform Commercial Code liens. The SCC’s mission is to apply law and regulation to balance the interests of citizens, businesses, and customers in Virginia’s economic landscape, with its decisions exclusively appealable to the Virginia Supreme Court.