N.M. Stat. Ann. § 53-8-78
A. An original and a copy, which may be a photocopy of the original after it was signed or a photocopy that is conformed to the original, of the application for withdrawal shall be delivered to the commission [secretary of state]. If the commission [secretary of state] finds that the application conforms to the provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Act, it shall, when all fees have been paid as prescribed in that act:
History: 1953 Comp., § 51-14-120, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 217, § 78; 2003, ch. 318, § 26.
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 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "An original and a copy, which may be a photocopy of the original after it was signed or a photocopy that is conformed to the original" for "Duplicate originals" at the beginning of Subsection A; substituted "the original and copy" for "each of the duplicate originals" in Paragraph A(1); substituted "the original" for "one of the duplicate originals" in Paragraph A(2); substituted "copy" for "other duplicate original" in Paragraph A(3); substituted "copy" for "duplicate original" following "together with the" in Subsection B; and deleted "corporation" preceding "commission" throughout the section.