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physical registered office address and a registered agent for service of process at that address); (3)

a certificate of good standing / existence, issued by the appropriate official custodian of

corporate records for the state or country where the corporation originally incorporated (certificate

must be original or electronically issued; certificate must be current within thirty days, or has not

expired, upon submission to the commission); and (4) $25 filing fee. If the commission

determines that the documents delivered for filing conform with the provisions of the Nonprofit

Corporation Act, is shall, when all required filing fees have been paid, retain the signed original in

the files of the commission and return the duplicate together with a Certificate of Authority.

EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS: The application for Certificate of Authority shall be executed

(signed) by two officers of the corporation. The registered agent’s statement shall be signed by the

person designated in the application as registered agent, if the agent is an individual, or, if the

designated registered agent is a corporation, by an authorized officer of that corporation.

NOTE: Please refer to Sections 53-8-64 to 53-8-83 of the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act

for the complete statutes governing a foreign nonprofit corporation in New Mexico. A copy of the

statutes can be obtained from this office at your request. The Corporations Bureau can only act in

an administrative capacity. We cannot offer you legal advice or opinion on your particular filing.

We recommend that you consult with your own attorney and accountant during the process of

qualification as a foreign corporation.

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