A. In case the agent of any limited liability company or foreign limited liability company registered to transact business in this state, designated by such company as the agent upon whom process against the company may be served, dies, resigns or leaves the state or the agent cannot with due diligence be found, it is lawful, while the circumstances continue, to serve process against the company upon the secretary of state, and the service shall be as effective to all intents and purposes as if made upon any manager of the company.
B. Within two days after service upon the secretary of state, the secretary shall notify the company of service of process by certified or registered mail directed to the company at its registered office and enclose a copy of the process or other paper served. It is the duty of the plaintiff in any action in which the process is issued to pay to the secretary of state the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which shall be taxed as part of the taxable costs in the suit if the plaintiff prevails therein.
C. The secretary of state shall keep a record of all summons that have been presented for service to the secretary of state along with a summary of all occurrences with regard to the service of summons. The address of a foreign limited liability company's registered agent, as set forth in its application for registration or most recent amendment thereto, shall constitute such company's registered office for purposes of this section.
History: Laws 1993, ch. 280, ยง 75.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 38-1-1 - Rules of pleading, practice and procedure.
Section 38-1-2 - [Practice statutes may be modified or suspended by rules.]
Section 38-1-3 - [Common law is rule of practice and decision.]
Section 38-1-4 - [Equity rules prevail over common law.]
Section 38-1-5 - Service of process; failure to report.
Section 38-1-6 - Process against foreign corporations.
Section 38-1-6.1 - Process against foreign limited liability companies.
Section 38-1-7 - Purpose of act.
Section 38-1-8 - Service of process upon unauthorized insurer.
Section 38-1-9 - Defense of action by unauthorized insurer.
Section 38-1-10 - Attorney fees.
Section 38-1-11 - Short title.
Section 38-1-12 - Service against incapacitated.
Section 38-1-13 - [Notice of proceedings occurring prior to service of summons or appearance.]
Section 38-1-14 - Notice of lis pendens; contents; recording; effect.
Section 38-1-16 - Personal service of process outside state.