Articles of incorporation, with the powers of attorney mentioned in Section 63-1-3 NMSA 1978, if any such there be, and the affidavit mentioned in Section 63-1-5 NMSA 1978 shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and thereupon, the persons who have signed the articles, and their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name stated in the articles, for the term of years therein specified.
History: Laws 1878, ch. 1, ch. [tit.] 1, § 6; C.L. 1884, § 2627; C.L. 1897, § 3809; Code 1915, § 4667; C.S. 1929, § 116-115; 1941 Comp., § 74-106; 1953 Comp., § 69-1-6; 2013, ch. 75, § 35.
Cross references. — For fee for filing certificate of incorporation, see 53-2-1 NMSA 1978.
For amendment of certificate of incorporation, see 53-2-7 NMSA 1978.
The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, required that articles of incorporation with powers of attorney be filed with the secretary of state; added the title of the section; at the beginning of the section, deleted "Said", and after "filed in the office of the", deleted "state corporation commission" and added "secretary of state".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 18 Am. Jur. 2d Corporations § 67; 18A Am. Jur. 2d Corporations § 208.
18 C.J.S. Corporations § 24.
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