New Mexico

Foreign registration · no form number

California LLC Foreign Registration in New Mexico

New Mexico registers an LLC from California as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Mexico also asks for California's Certificate of Status ($5), no older than 30 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your California records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

California and New Mexico side by side

	California formed here	New Mexico registering here
Document	California Certificate of Status	Foreign LLC - Certificate of Registration (no form number)
State fee	$5	$100 at order
How it is handled	California: online as a PDF within minutes, or on paper by mail or drop-off in Sacramento	Filed online with New Mexico
Office	California Secretary of State, Business Entities	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov	sos.nm.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 30 days
Yearly filing	Statement of Information (Form LLC-12), $20, every two years	No annual report
Due	Last day of the LLC's registration-anniversary month, biennially
Agent	Your California agent for service of process	Our New Mexico registered agent

From California to New Mexico, step by step

Order the California certificate
The Certificate of Status ($5) is ordered from California separately; it is not part of our New Mexico order. Ordered from California on filing day, it easily meets New Mexico's limit of 30 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your New Mexico registered agent, next to your California name and formation date, with the certificate attached. California issues the certificate instantly, so the New Mexico filing can go in the same day. Once New Mexico approves it, the California company can do business there.

New Mexico costs for California companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Status, paid to California	$5
Our service, with a year of New Mexico registered agent service	$199
First-year total, California certificate included	$304

Your California name and New Mexico's rules

We check your exact California name against New Mexico's records before filing.

Your New Mexico agent and the California one

New Mexico calls it a registered agent; California says agent for service of process. Your current agent for service of process stays for California; ours takes New Mexico's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in California and New Mexico

California wants the Statement of Information (Form LLC-12) every two years ($20); New Mexico has no annual report for LLCs. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, California to New Mexico

A corporation formed in California files its own registration with New Mexico ($200 in state fees). After that come California's Statement of Information (Form SI-550) ($25) and New Mexico's Biennial Corporate Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a New Mexico company in California

An LLC formed in New Mexico that registers with California files Form LLC-5 with $70 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance dated within 180 days. See that filing.

Questions California owners ask about New Mexico

Does my California company need to register in New Mexico?

Yes, once a California business operates there; New Mexico does not count a one-off deal finished within 30 days.

How much does the New Mexico registration cost?

$299 at checkout plus $5 to California for the Certificate of Status, $304 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need California's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Mexico wants California's Certificate of Status ($5), no more than 30 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for California and New Mexico?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), California's report ($20, every two years) and no New Mexico yearly report.

What if I don't register with New Mexico?

A California company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and New Mexico can add up to $200 for each year or part of a year.

Does New Mexico require a registered agent?

Yes: the California agent for service of process stays, and ours covers New Mexico for year one.

Can I form a new New Mexico LLC instead?

Yes, but California keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one has no New Mexico yearly report, and the original keeps California's Statement of Information (Form LLC-12).

How do I withdraw from New Mexico later?

California companies leave by filing an Application for Cancellation of Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, both the New Mexico registration and California's filings stay in place.

Official sources

People also search

LLC into New Mexico, by home state (48)

California into other states (47)

The same move for a corporation