2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 53 - Corporations
Article 16 - Business Corporations; Dissolution of Corporations
Section 53-16-7 - Revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings by consent of shareholders.

By the written consent of all of its shareholders, a corporation may, at any time prior to the issuance of a certificate of dissolution by the commission [secretary of state], revoke voluntary dissolution proceedings. Upon the execution of the written consent, a statement of revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings shall be executed by the corporation by an authorized officer, which statement shall set forth:

A. the name of the corporation;

B. the names and respective addresses of its officers;

C. the names and respective addresses of its directors;

D. a copy of the written consent signed by all shareholders of the corporation revoking the voluntary dissolution proceedings; and

E. that the written consent has been signed by all shareholders of the corporation or signed in their names by their authorized attorneys.

History: 1953 Comp., § 51-29-7, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 81, § 85; 2001, ch. 200, § 61.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Laws 2013, ch. 75, § 9 provided that as of July 1, 2013, the secretary of state, pursuant to N.M. const., Art. 11, § 19, shall assume responsibility for chartering corporations as provided by law, including the performance of the functions of the former corporations bureau of the public regulation commission, and that except for Subsection D of 53-5-8 NMSA 1978, references to the "public regulation commission", "state corporation commission" or "commission" shall be construed to be references to the secretary of state. See 8-4-7 NMSA 1978.

Compiler's notes. — This section is derived from Section 88 of the ABA Model Business Corporation Act.

The 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, in the introductory language, deleted the provision that the revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings be executed in duplicate and substituted "an authorized officer" for "its chairman of the board, president or vice president and by its secretary or assistant secretary and verified by one of the officers signing the articles".