2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 53 - Corporations
Article 8 - Nonprofit Corporations
Section 53-8-85 - Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates.

Universal Citation: NM Stat § 53-8-85 (2019)

The secretary of state shall charge and collect for:

A. filing articles of incorporation and issuing a certificate of incorporation, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

B. filing articles of amendment and issuing a certificate of amendment, twenty dollars ($20.00);

C. filing restated articles of incorporation and issuing a restated certificate of incorporation, twenty dollars ($20.00);

D. filing articles of merger or consolidation and issuing a certificate of merger or consolidation, twenty dollars ($20.00);

E. filing a statement of change of address of registered office or change of registered agent, or both, ten dollars ($10.00);

F. filing an agent's statement of change of address of registered agent, ten dollars ($10.00);

G. filing articles of dissolution, ten dollars ($10.00);

H. filing an application of a foreign corporation for a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in New Mexico and issuing a certificate of authority, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

I. filing an application of a foreign corporation for an amended certificate of authority to conduct affairs in New Mexico and issuing an amended certificate of authority, twenty dollars ($20.00);

J. filing an application to reserve a corporation name or filing a notice to transfer of a reserved corporate name, ten dollars ($10.00);

K. filing a copy of articles of merger of a foreign corporation holding a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in New Mexico, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

L. filing an application for withdrawal of a foreign corporation and issuing a certificate of withdrawal, ten dollars ($10.00);

M. filing any other statement or report, including an annual report, of a domestic or foreign corporation, ten dollars ($10.00);

N. issuing a certificate of good standing and compliance, ten dollars ($10.00); and

O. issuing a letter or reinstatement of a domestic or foreign corporation, twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

History: 1953 Comp., § 51-14-127, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 217, § 85; 1977, ch. 178, § 14; 1983, ch. 304, § 17; 1988, ch. 93, § 2; 1993, ch. 311, § 8; 2003, ch. 318, § 29; 2015, ch. 66, § 8.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, authorized the secretary of state to charge and collect fees for the filing of corporate documents; in the introductory sentence of the section, deleted "pubic regulation commission" and added "secretary of state"; in Subsection F, after "registered agent", deleted "for each affected corporation"; and in Subsection O, after "corporation", deleted "a fee of".

The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "public regulation" for "corporation" in the introductory paragraph; inserted present Subsection F and redesignated former Subsections F to N as Subsections G to O.

The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "twenty-five dollars ($25.00)" for "ten dollars ($10.00)" in Subsections A and G; substituted "twenty dollars ($20.00)" for "five dollars ($5.00)" in Subsections B, C, and D; substituted "ten dollars ($10.00)" for "one dollar ($1.00)" in Subsection E; substituted "ten dollars ($10.00)" for "five dollars ($5.00)" in Subsections F, I, and K; substituted "twenty dollars ($20.00)" for "five dollars ($5.00)" in Subsection H; substituted "twenty-five ($25.00)" for "five dollars ($5.00)" in Subsection J; substituted "ten dollars ($10.00)" for "one dollar ($1.00)" in Subsection L; substituted "ten dollars ($10.00); and" for "two dollars ($2.00)" in Subsection M; and added Subsection N.

The 1988 amendment, effective May 18, 1988, deleted Subsection N which read "reviewing documents and reports to be delivered to the corporation commission, and indicating approval thereof before delivery to the corporation commission, fifty dollars ($50.00)."

The 1983 amendment, effective June 17, 1983, substituted present Subsection I for former Subsection I, which read: "filing a copy of an amendment to the articles of incorporation of a foreign corporation holding a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in New Mexico, five dollars ($5.00)" and added Subsection N.

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