2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 53 - Corporations
Article 19 - Limited Liability Companies
Section 53-19-51 - Amended certificate of registration.

A. The application for registration of a foreign limited liability company may be amended by filing an amended certificate of registration with the commission [secretary of state] signed by a person with authority to do so under the laws of the state or other jurisdiction of its organization. The application for an amended certificate of registration shall set forth:

(1) the name of the foreign limited liability company;

(2) the date the original application for registration was filed; and

(3) the amendment to the application for registration.

B. The application for registration may be amended in any way, so long as the application for registration as amended contains only provisions that, at the time of the amendment, may be lawfully contained in an application for registration.

C. An application for registration shall be amended to reflect any change in the identity of the persons in whom management of the foreign limited liability company is vested.

D. The requirements in respect to the form and contents of the application for amended certificate of registration, the manner of its execution, the filing of an original and copy with the commission [secretary of state], the issuance of an amended certificate of registration and the effect thereof, shall be the same as in the case of an original application for a certificate of registration. In addition to these requirements, the application shall be accompanied by an authenticated copy of the amended articles of organization.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 280, § 51; 2001, ch. 200, § 77.

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.

The 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, rewrote the section heading, which formerly read "Amendments"; substituted "an amended certificate of registration" and "application for an amended certificate of registration" for "articles of amendment" in Subsection A; and added Subsection D.