New Mexico

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Massachusetts LLC Foreign Registration in New Mexico

New Mexico registers an LLC from Massachusetts as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Mexico also wants Massachusetts's Certificate of Good Standing ($25), dated within 30 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Massachusetts records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Massachusetts and New Mexico side by side

	Massachusetts formed here	New Mexico registering here
Document	Massachusetts Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign LLC - Certificate of Registration (no form number)
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	Massachusetts: online, by mail or in person, delivered by mail or email depending on the certificate	Filed online with New Mexico
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	sos.nm.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 30 days
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $520, every year	No annual report
Due	On or before the anniversary date of filing of the certificate of organization
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our New Mexico registered agent

From Massachusetts to New Mexico, step by step

Order the Massachusetts certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Massachusetts separately; it is not part of our New Mexico order. It comes as a short form ($12) or a long form ($25). New Mexico counts 30 days from the day Massachusetts issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your New Mexico registered agent, with your Massachusetts name and formation date and the certificate attached. Once Massachusetts's certificate is in hand, New Mexico's filing goes in. Once New Mexico approves it, the Massachusetts company can do business there.

First-year cost, Massachusetts to New Mexico

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

Your Massachusetts name and New Mexico's rules

We search New Mexico's records for Massachusetts's name on file before anything is filed.

Your New Mexico agent and the Massachusetts one

New Mexico calls it a registered agent; Massachusetts says resident agent. Your current resident agent stays for Massachusetts; ours takes New Mexico's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Massachusetts and New Mexico

Massachusetts wants the Limited Liability Company Annual Report every year ($520); New Mexico has no annual report for LLCs. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to New Mexico

A corporation formed in Massachusetts files its own registration with New Mexico ($200 in state fees). After that come Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and New Mexico's Biennial Corporate Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a New Mexico company in Massachusetts

An LLC formed in New Mexico that registers with Massachusetts files Massachusetts's registration (no form number) with $520 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Massachusetts owners ask about New Mexico

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in New Mexico?

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

Do I need Massachusetts'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 Massachusetts and New Mexico?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Massachusetts's report ($520) and no New Mexico yearly report.

What if I don't register with New Mexico?

A Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts resident agent stays, and ours covers New Mexico for year one.

Can I form a new New Mexico LLC instead?

Yes, but Massachusetts keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one has no New Mexico yearly report, and the original keeps Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from New Mexico later?

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

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