A. A member ceases to be a member of a limited liability company upon the occurrence of one or more of the following events:
(1) the member withdraws by voluntary act from a limited liability company whose articles of organization or operating agreement grants him the right to voluntarily withdraw or from a limited liability company with perpetual existence whose articles of incorporation and operating agreement do not prohibit such voluntary withdrawal;
(2) the member ceases to be a member as provided in Subsection D of Section 33 [53-19-33 NMSA 1978] of the Limited Liability Company Act; or
(3) the member is removed as a member:
(a) in accordance with a provision in the articles of organization or an operating agreement; or
(b) by an affirmative vote of all of the members who have not assigned their interests, when such member assigns all of his interest in the limited liability company, unless a provision in the articles of organization or an operating agreement provides otherwise.
B. Unless the articles of organization or an operating agreement provides otherwise, or the member shall obtain the written consent of all members to his continuing membership, a member ceases to be a member of a limited liability company upon the occurrence of one or more of the following events:
(1) the member:
(a) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(b) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy;
(c) is adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent;
(d) files a petition or answer seeking for himself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any law or regulation; or
(e) seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of the member or of all or any substantial part of his assets;
(2) one hundred twenty days shall elapse after any proceeding shall have been commenced against the member seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any law or regulation and such proceeding shall not have been dismissed, or ninety days shall have elapsed after the appointment, without his consent or acquiescence, of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of the member or of all or any substantial part of his assets, and the appointment shall not have been vacated or stayed, or within ninety days after the expiration of any stay, the appointment shall not have been vacated;
(3) in the case of a member who is an individual, his death or the entry of an order by a court adjudicating him incompetent to manage his person or estate;
(4) in the case of a member that is a trust or is a member in his capacity as trustee of a trust, the termination of the trust, but not merely the substitution of a new trustee;
(5) in the case of a member that is a limited liability company, or a partnership, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the separate limited liability company or partnership;
(6) in the case of a member that is a corporation, the filing of a certificate of its dissolution or the equivalent, or the revocation of its charter, and the lapse of ninety days after notice to the corporation of a revocation of its charter, without a reinstatement of its charter during that ninety days; or
(7) in the case of a member that is an estate, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate's entire interest in the limited liability company.
C. The members may provide in the articles of organization or an operating agreement for other events the occurrence of which result in a member ceasing to be a member of the limited liability company.
D. A member who ceases to be a member of a limited liability company shall no longer be entitled to vote or to participate in the management or control of the limited liability company or to demand information pursuant to the Limited Liability Company Act, but may, depending upon the circumstances, continue to hold a limited liability company interest in such limited liability company.
History: Laws 1993, ch. 280, ยง 38.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 19 - Limited Liability Companies
Section 53-19-1 - Short title.
Section 53-19-2 - Definitions.
Section 53-19-4 - Reservation of name.
Section 53-19-5 - Registered office and registered agent; change of principal place of business.
Section 53-19-6 - Nature and duration of business.
Section 53-19-8 - Articles of organization.
Section 53-19-10 - Effect of filing of articles of organization.
Section 53-19-11 - Amendment and restatement of articles of organization.
Section 53-19-12 - Execution of documents.
Section 53-19-13 - Liability of members and managers to third parties.
Section 53-19-14 - Parties to actions.
Section 53-19-15 - Management by members or managers.
Section 53-19-16 - Liabilities and duties of managers and members.
Section 53-19-18 - Indemnification of members and managers.
Section 53-19-19 - Records and information.
Section 53-19-20 - Contributions to capital; certificates of membership interest.
Section 53-19-21 - Liability for contribution.
Section 53-19-22 - Sharing of profits and losses.
Section 53-19-23 - Sharing of interim distributions.
Section 53-19-24 - Distribution on event of dissociation.
Section 53-19-25 - Withdrawals of capital and distributions in kind.
Section 53-19-26 - Wrongful distributions.
Section 53-19-27 - Liability upon wrongful distribution.
Section 53-19-28 - Right to distribution.
Section 53-19-29 - Ownership of property by the limited liability company.
Section 53-19-30 - Transfer of property of limited liability company.
Section 53-19-31 - Nature of membership interest.
Section 53-19-32 - Assignment of interests.
Section 53-19-33 - Right of assignee to become a member.
Section 53-19-34 - Interest of a deceased, incompetent or terminated member.
Section 53-19-35 - Rights of judgment creditor of member.
Section 53-19-36 - Admission of members.
Section 53-19-37 - Voluntary withdrawal of members.
Section 53-19-38 - Events of dissociation.
Section 53-19-39 - Dissolution.
Section 53-19-40 - Judicial dissolution.
Section 53-19-41 - Articles of dissolution.
Section 53-19-42 - Winding up.
Section 53-19-43 - Power of managers or members after dissolution.
Section 53-19-44 - Distribution of assets.
Section 53-19-45 - Known claims against dissolved limited liability company.
Section 53-19-46 - Unknown claims against dissolved limited liability company.
Section 53-19-47 - Laws governing foreign limited liability company.
Section 53-19-48 - Registration.
Section 53-19-49 - Issuance of registration.
Section 53-19-51 - Amended certificate of registration.
Section 53-19-52 - Cancellation of registration.
Section 53-19-53 - Transaction of business without registration.
Section 53-19-54 - Transactions not constituting transacting business.
Section 53-19-55 - Service of process.
Section 53-19-56 - Action by attorney general.
Section 53-19-57 - Suits by and against the limited liability company.
Section 53-19-58 - Authority to sue on behalf of limited liability company.
Section 53-19-59 - Conversions and mergers; definitions.
Section 53-19-61 - Conversions and mergers; effect of conversion.
Section 53-19-62 - Conversions and merger of entities.
Section 53-19-62.1 - Conversion and mergers; articles of merger.
Section 53-19-62.2 - Conversions and mergers; effect of merger.
Section 53-19-62.3 - Conversion and mergers; non-exclusivity.
Section 53-19-63 - Filing, service and copying fees.
Section 53-19-64 - Execution by judicial act.
Section 53-19-65 - Rules of construction.
Section 53-19-66 - Powers of commission [secretary of state].
Section 53-19-66.1 - Administrative revocation.
Section 53-19-66.2 - Reinstatement following administrative revocation.
Section 53-19-67 - Appeal from commission [secretary of state].
Section 53-19-68 - Issuance of certificate of good standing and compliance.
Section 53-19-69 - Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence.
Section 53-19-70 - Forms furnished by the commission [secretary of state].
Section 53-19-71 - Application to existing limited liability companies.
Section 53-19-72 - Application to foreign and interstate commerce.
Section 53-19-73 - Reservation of power.
Section 53-19-74 - Commission's [secretary of state's] retention of records.