Business Licenses and Taxes

Business Licenses may be obtained by contacting  

   Commissioner of the Revenue

   Anita H. French

   P.O. Box 77

   Cumberland, Virginia 23040

   (804) 492-4280

   Fax: (804) 492-3342

Health Department

County Health Department

    Cumberland County Health Department

    Cumberland, VA 23040

    (804) 492-4661

Name Registration 

Register a partnership or a trade name

   Clerk of the Circuit Court

   Carol Ownby

   P.O. Box 8

   Cumberland, Virginia 23040

   (804) 492-4442

Economic Development

Assistance in small business financing, expansion needs for sites and buildings and ombudsman service between business and government offices.            

   Economic Development Director

   Mike Cooper

   P.O. Box 110

   Cumberland, Virginia 23040

   (804) 492-3625

   Fax: (804) 492-9224

Contractors

A Cumberland County license is required of all contractors who gross more than $ 3,000 in a calendar year.

   Business License Inspector

   Cumberland County Office Building

   Cumberland, Virginia 23040

   (804) 492-4297

Alcoholic Beverage Control Department

The Alcohol Beverage Control Department exercise a monopoly over the importation and sale

of alcoholic beverages other than beer and wine . The commission issues license for the manufacture of liquors, the wholesaling of beer and wine, the sale of beer and wine and the sale

at retail of spirits by the drink.

   Alcoholic Beverage Control Department

   P.O. Box 10336

   Lynchburg, Virginia 24506

   (434) 582-5136

Erecting a sign

Businesses and individuals are required to make application with Planning and Zoning for approval of erecting a sign.

   Planning and Zoning

   17 Courthouse Circle

   Cumberland, Virginia 23040

   (804) 492-3520