2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 16 - Business Corporations; Dissolution of Corporations
Section 53-16-14 - Notification to attorney general.

The commission [secretary of state] shall certify to the attorney general, from time to time, the names of all corporations which have given cause for dissolution as provided by the Business Corporation Act, together with the facts pertinent thereto. Whenever the commission [secretary of state] certifies the name of a corporation to the attorney general as having given cause for dissolution, the commission [secretary of state] shall concurrently mail to the corporation at its registered office a notice that the certification has been made. Upon the receipt of the certification, the attorney general shall file an action in the name of the state against the corporation for its dissolution.
History: 1953 Comp., § 51-29-14, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 81, § 92.
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.
Compiler's notes. — This section is derived from Section 95 of the ABA Model Business Corporation Act.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 19 Am. Jur. 2d Corporations §§ 2817, 2819.

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