If the commission [secretary of state] determines that the application for registration from a foreign limited liability company conforms to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act and all requisite fees have been paid, the commission [secretary of state] shall:

A. endorse on the signed original and each copy the word "filed" and the date of its acceptance for filing;

B. retain a signed original in the files of the commission [secretary of state]; and

C. return each copy to the person who delivered it to the commission [secretary of state] or to that person's representative.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 280, § 49; 2003, ch. 318, § 55.

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, inserted "from a foreign limited liability company" following "application for registration" in the introductory paragraph and deleted "duplicate" preceding "copy" in Subsections A and C.