Exam Dates • Locations • Deadlines

Dates Location Filing Deadline Laptop Registration
February 2026
ESSAY
February 24, 2026
MBE
February 25, 2026
TBD December 15, 2025
July 2026
ESSAY
July 28, 2026
MBE
July 29, 2026
TBD May 10, 2026*

*The statutory filing deadline, May 10, 2026, is a Sunday; therefore, the filing deadline is extended to Monday, May 11, 2026.

Statutory Filing Deadline

See § 54.1-3925 of the Code of Virginia. If your application is not actually received in the Secretary's office by the filing deadline (May 10 for the July exam; December 15 for the February exam), it may be deemed to be timely filed only if it has been transmitted expense prepaid to the Office of the Secretary of the Board by Priority, Express, Registered or Certified mail via the United States Postal Service, or by a third party commercial carrier for Next-Day Delivery, and the official receipt therefor issued by the United States Postal Service or by such third party commercial carrier, which shall be exhibited on demand of the Secretary, shows such transmission or mailing to the Secretary's office on or before the prescribed deadline.

Priority, Express, Registered or Certified mail via the United States Postal Service or Next-Day Delivery by a third party commercial carrier are the ONLY methods of transmission or mailing authorized by the statute. Thus, an application sent by any other form of mail, such as First Class mail, CANNOT be accepted if it is received after the filing deadline, even if it is postmarked before.

Application forms should be filed no more than 90 days prior to the filing deadline, but must be filed by the statutory filing deadline in accordance with § 54.1-3925 of the Code of Virginia.