Reference · New Mexico

New Mexico LLC requirements

Every requirement we've verified for a domestic LLC in New Mexico, with the source for each. For the plain-English cost answer, use the cost calculator.

Filing agencyNew Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Formation filing fee$50
Filing fee notes$50 for domestic LLC Articles of Organization. Confirmed via an official NM SOS filing document (Restated Articles of Organization Checklist, NMSA 1978 53-19-11) and cross-checked against multiple formation-service sources. The SOS's own online-portal fee page is a JavaScript app that could not be scraped.
Standard processingNot confirmed; NM SOS help guide states only that applicants are emailed once a filing is approved, rejected, or requires correction.
Expedited optionsNone found in official materials.
Periodic reportNone required
Report frequency
Report fee
Report deadline
Late penaltyNot published
Administrative dissolutionNot applicable in year one absent an annual-report requirement.
State taxNew Mexico's $50/year corporate franchise tax (form CIT-1) applies ONLY to an LLC that has elected corporate tax treatment. A default pass-through LLC owes no state franchise tax, though it remains subject to NM gross receipts tax on business activity.
Minimum state taxNone
Newspaper publicationNot required
Registered agent requiredYes
First-year minimum$50
Verified Checked Source: law.justia.com All sources

Confidence

What we're less sure about

Verified against the official state page

  • STATUTE-CONFIRMED (10 Sep 2026). NMSA 1978 53-19-63: 'for filing the original articles of organization and issuing a certificate of organization, fifty dollars ($50.00).' A full inventory of NMSA Chapter 53 Article 19 (53-19-1 through 53-19-74) contains no annual report requirement for LLCs.
  • No annual report requirement inferred from absence of any such section in the NM LLC Act (Ch. 53, Art. 19) plus unanimous secondary agreement - not an explicit official statement.

Provenance

Sources

Every figure above traces to one of these. If a state changes a fee and we haven't caught it, tell us — we log corrections publicly.

  • law.justia.com — https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-53/article-19/section-53-19-63/
  • law.justia.com — https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-53/article-19/
  • sos.nm.gov — https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/
  • enterprise.sos.nm.gov — https://enterprise.sos.nm.gov/forms/business
  • tax.newmexico.gov — https://www.tax.newmexico.gov/businesses/corporate-income-franchise-tax-overview/