Whenever a foreign corporation authorized to conduct affairs in New Mexico is a party to a statutory merger permitted by the laws of the state or country under the laws of which it is incorporated, it shall, within thirty days after the merger becomes effective, file with the corporation commission [secretary of state] a copy of the articles of merger duly certified by the proper officer of the state or country under the laws of which the statutory merger was effected. It shall not be necessary for such corporation to procure either a new or amended certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state unless the name of the corporation is changed by the merger or unless the corporation desires to pursue in New Mexico other or additional purposes than those which it is then authorized to pursue in New Mexico or unless the surviving corporation is to conduct affairs in New Mexico but has not procured a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state.

History: 1953 Comp., § 51-14-117, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 217, § 75; 1983, ch. 304, § 16.

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 1983 amendment, effective June 17, 1983, deleted "and such corporation shall be the surviving corporation," preceding "it shall" in the first sentence and added "or unless the surviving corporation . . . in this state" at the end of the last sentence.