All certificates issued by the corporation commission [secretary of state] in accordance with the provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Act, and all copies of documents filed in the commission's [secretary of state's] office in accordance with the provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Act, when certified by the commission [secretary of state], shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. A certificate by the corporation commission [secretary of state] under the great seal of New Mexico, as to the existence or nonexistence of the facts relating to corporations which would not appear from a certified copy of any of the foregoing documents or certificates, shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts therein stated.

History: 1953 Comp., § 51-14-132, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 217, § 90.

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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.