One or more persons, including profit and nonprofit corporations, may incorporate a corporation by signing and delivering articles of incorporation in duplicate to the corporation commission [secretary of state].
History: 1953 Comp., § 51-14-72, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 217, § 30.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed 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.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 18A Am. Jur. 2d Corporations § 150.
18 C.J.S. Corporations § 25 et seq.