Form an LLC · NM

How to form an LLC in New Mexico

New Mexico LLCs are formed by filing Articles of Organization with the New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division. Corpus prepares and files it for $250 all-in, including your first year of registered-agent service.

Form your New Mexico LLC

What New Mexico requires

Formation document
Articles of Organization verified 2026-09-24 (secondary source)
Filing office
New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division verified 2026-09-24
New Mexico filing fee for the Articles of Organization
Not yet verified by Corpus — check with New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Online filing
Yes — The state’s Business Portal accepts online business filings, including LLC formations. verified 2026-09-24
Standard processing time
Not yet verified by Corpus — check with New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Expedited options
Not yet verified by Corpus — check with New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Name requirement
The name must contain “limited liability company,” “limited company,” or LLC, L.L.C., LC, or L.C. verified 2026-09-24
Registered agent
Required — A New Mexico LLC must designate an initial registered agent when it files its formation documents. verified 2026-09-24 (secondary source)
LLC statute
New Mexico Limited Liability Company Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 53-19-1 to 53-19-74 verified 2026-09-24

What you’ll need

The Corpus intake collects this information to prepare the filing. Some questions are asked only when they apply — for example, the management question is asked only when the company has more than one owner.

  • What do you want to name the company?
  • In a sentence, what will the business actually do?
  • Where should official mail go — street, city, state, ZIP?
  • What email should we use for this order?
  • Which industry code fits this business?
  • Besides you, will anyone else have authority to make decisions for the business?
  • Who owns this company?

New Mexico asks nothing beyond the standard questions.

What it costs with Corpus

State fees (filing fee + the state's processing charges)
$52
Registered agent, year one
$100
Corpus service
$98
Total at checkout
$250

State fees are New Mexico’s filing fee plus the state’s processing charges for the way Corpus files.

Registered agent renews at $99/yr after the included first year — cancel anytime. Itemized pricing for every state is on the price grid; how Corpus compares to other formation services is on the comparison page.

After you form: staying in good standing

Annual report
Not yet verified by Corpus — check with New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Report fee
Not yet verified by Corpus — check with New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Franchise or privilege tax
$50 annual corporate franchise tax — only if the LLC elects corporate tax treatment or has taxable New Mexico gross receipts. verified 2026-09-30
  • Rates, caps, thresholds, apportionment and exemptions: see New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department; the $50 franchise tax applies to corporate-taxed entities, while gross receipts tax depends on taxable activity. source · source 2

Comparing what registered-agent service costs after year one across providers? The comparison page publishes renewal prices.

Form it with your AI agent

You don’t have to do the intake here. Any agent that can open a link can run the whole thing — Corpus’s formation tools give it New Mexico’s requirements and live price, it asks you the questions above, and it hands back a prefilled link you review and pay. Paste this into your assistant:

Form an LLC in New Mexico for me with Corpus (corpuslaw.us). Use its formation tools to get New Mexico's requirements and price, ask me what you need, and give me the prefilled link.

The guide is on /agents, the protocol reference is /docs/mcp, and the installable skill for this state is the New Mexico SKILL.md.

Sources

Every verified fact above names where Corpus read it and the date it was last verified. Sources marked secondary are third-party write-ups used only where an official page did not publish the answer.

Corpus is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Fees and rules change — each verified fact above shows the date Corpus last verified it; anything marked “not yet verified” should be confirmed with the filing office.