A. A foreign corporation, in order to procure a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in New Mexico, shall make application to the commission [secretary of state], which application shall set forth:
(1) the name of the corporation and the state or country under the laws of which it is incorporated;
(2) the date of incorporation and the period of duration of the corporation;
(3) the address of the registered office of the corporation in the state or country under the laws of which it is incorporated and the address of the principal office of the corporation, if different from the address of the registered office;
(4) the address of the proposed registered office of the corporation in New Mexico and the name of its proposed registered agent in this state at such address;
(5) the purpose or purposes of the corporation that it proposes to pursue in conducting its affairs in New Mexico;
(6) the names and respective addresses of the directors and officers of the corporation; and
(7) such additional information as may be necessary or appropriate in order to enable the commission [secretary of state] to determine whether the corporation is entitled to a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in New Mexico.
B. The application shall be made on forms prescribed by the commission [secretary of state], or on forms containing substantially the same information as forms prescribed by the commission [secretary of state], and shall be executed by the corporation by two authorized officers of the corporation.
History: 1953 Comp., § 51-14-110, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 217, § 68; 1977, ch. 178, § 8; 2003, ch. 318, § 21.
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 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, deleted "corporation" following "application to the" in Subsection A and following "to enable the" in Paragraph A(7); and rewrote Subsection B.
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