Important Announcement for our Business Customers
Effective July 1, 2013, the Corporations Bureau of the NM Public Regulation Commission was transferred to the Business Services Division of the Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This move is a result of a Constitutional Amendment that was passed by the electorate in the November 2012 General Election and subsequent enabling legislation passed during the 2013 legislative session that now provides the Secretary of State (SOS) statutory authority to charter corporations.
The new address for mailing corporate filings or correspondence has changed to:
Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State
Attn: Corporations Bureau
325 Don Gaspar – Suite 300
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Our telephone contact information is:
Santa Fe: 505-827-4508
Toll-free: 1-800-477-3632
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The Office of the Secretary of State is an elected state office, second in line of succession after the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor. When the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are absent from the state, the Secretary of State shall perform the duties of the Governor.
At the start of each new legislative session, the Secretary of State (SOS) calls the House of Representatives to order, and presides over the body until a new Speaker of the House is elected. In addition to these constitutional duties, the Secretary of State is responsible for administering the Office of the Secretary of State. The primary role is the state's chief election officer.
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