2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 53 - Corporations
Article 17 - Business Corporations; Foreign Corporations
Section 53-17-8 - Effect of [certificate of] authority.

Unless the commission [secretary of state] disapproves pursuant to Subsection A of Section 53-18-2 NMSA 1978, upon delivery of the application for a certificate of authority to the commission [secretary of state], the corporation shall be authorized to transact business in this state for those purposes set forth in its application, subject, however, to the right of this state to suspend or revoke the authority as provided in the Business Corporation Act.

History: 1953 Comp., § 51-30-7, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 81, § 109; 1983, ch. 304, § 66.

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 112 of the ABA Model Business Corporation Act.

The 1983 amendment, effective June 17, 1983, deleted "certificate of" preceding "authority" in the catchline and substituted "Unless the commission . . . to the commission" for "Upon the issuance of a certificate of authority by the commission" at the beginning of the section.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 36 Am. Jur. 2d Foreign Corporations §§ 238 to 239.