A. The secretary of state may permit the electronic filing of documents, including original documents, and the certification of electronically filed documents when filing or certification is required or permitted pursuant to a provision of Chapter 53 NMSA 1978. The secretary of state may accept electronic filings for the purposes of satisfying requirements for original documents or copies. As used in this section, "electronic filing" means filing by facsimile, email or other electronic transmission. If the secretary of state accepts the filing of a document by electronic transmission, the secretary of state shall accept for filing a document by electronic transmission containing a copy of a signature, however made.
B. The secretary of state may accept a credit or debit card, in lieu of cash or check, or other means of payment specified in the secretary of state's rules, as payment of a fee pursuant to a provision of Chapter 53 NMSA 1978. The secretary of state shall determine those credit or debit cards or other means of payment that may be accepted for payment.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 200, § 13; 2019, ch. 160, § 1.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, provided that the secretary of state shall accept for filing a document by electronic transmission containing a copy of a signature; in Subsection A, after the first occurrence of "The", deleted "public regulation commission" and added "secretary of state", after the second occurrence of "The", deleted "rules shall provide for the appropriate treatment of" and added "secretary of state may accept", after "documents or copies", deleted "and shall provide the requirements for signature with respect to electronic filings", after "If the", deleted "commission" and added "secretary of state", after "document by electronic transmission", deleted "it may" and added "the secretary of state shall", and after "filing a document", added "by electronic transmission"; and in Subsection B, after "The", deleted "public regulation commission" and added "secretary of state", after "payment specified in", deleted "its" and added "the secretary of state's", and after the next occurrence of "The", deleted "commission" and added "secretary of state".
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