New Mexico

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Illinois LLC Foreign Registration in New Mexico

To do business in New Mexico, an LLC formed in Illinois registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Mexico also asks for Illinois's Certificate of Good Standing ($25), no older than 30 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Illinois records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Illinois and New Mexico each ask for

	Illinois formed here	New Mexico registering here
Document	Illinois Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign LLC - Certificate of Registration (no form number)
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed online with New Mexico
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	ilsos.gov	sos.nm.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 30 days
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1), $75, every year	No annual report
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our New Mexico registered agent

How Illinois companies register with New Mexico

Order the Illinois certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Illinois separately; it is not part of our New Mexico order. An instant Illinois certificate reaches New Mexico only hours old, well inside the limit of 30 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your New Mexico registered agent, with your Illinois name and formation date and the certificate attached. Illinois issues the certificate instantly, so the New Mexico filing can go in the same day. Once New Mexico approves it, the Illinois company can do business there.

First-year cost, Illinois to New Mexico

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Illinois	$25
Our service, with a year of New Mexico registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Illinois certificate included	$324

Will your Illinois name work for New Mexico?

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

Agents: New Mexico and Illinois

Illinois and New Mexico both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Illinois; ours takes New Mexico's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: New Mexico and Illinois

Illinois wants the Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) every year ($75); New Mexico has no annual report for LLCs. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Illinois to New Mexico

A corporation formed in Illinois files its own registration with New Mexico ($200 in state fees). After that come Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) ($75) and New Mexico's Biennial Corporate Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Common questions: Illinois to New Mexico

Does my Illinois company need to register in New Mexico?

Yes, once an Illinois 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 $25 to Illinois for the Certificate of Good Standing, $324 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Illinois's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Mexico wants it ($25), no more than 30 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and New Mexico?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Illinois's report ($75) and no New Mexico yearly report.

What if I don't register with New Mexico?

An Illinois 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 Illinois registered agent stays, and ours covers New Mexico for year one.

Can I form a new New Mexico LLC instead?

Yes, but Illinois keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one has no New Mexico yearly report, and the original keeps Illinois's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from New Mexico later?

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

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