Legal Question in Business Law in Virginia

Re: registering a small Minotiry news tabloid

Because your question is not very clear, I am concerned that you should really talk to a lawyer to understand exactly what you need to do and how things work here. I am not expensive for that purpose.

Of course, in America, you do not need to register to be a newspaper. You can simply start to print a newspaper without asking anyone's permission or registering.

However, what you probably mean to ask is how can you register a company in general and you are simply letting the attorney know what type of business.

You can start a business without registering a company, except that you probably need to get a business license from your County in Virginia. However, the name is misleading. This is NOT a business license, really, it is simply registering to pay taxes to the local County.

Probably you will want to incorporate your newspaper, not to treat it as a personal business. This can be done for between $400 and $1000 in Virginia.