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New Mexico LLC Foreign Registration in South Dakota

South Dakota registers an LLC from New Mexico as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants New Mexico's Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance. We file it with the Secretary of State using your New Mexico records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

New Mexico and South Dakota side by side

	New Mexico formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	New Mexico Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign LLC) (no form number)
State fee	Set by the state	$750 at order
How it is handled	New Mexico: online	Filed online with South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	enterprise.sos.nm.gov	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	No annual report	Annual Report, $55, every year
Due		During the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your New Mexico registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

How New Mexico companies register with South Dakota

Order the New Mexico certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance is ordered from New Mexico separately; it is not part of our South Dakota order. South Dakota wants the New Mexico certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your South Dakota registered agent, next to your New Mexico name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once New Mexico's certificate is in hand, South Dakota's filing goes in. After approval, your New Mexico LLC is registered with South Dakota.

First-year cost, New Mexico to South Dakota

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total	$949

Plus the Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance, priced by New Mexico. South Dakota's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Your New Mexico name and South Dakota's rules

South Dakota accepts your New Mexico name if it includes 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.). If the New Mexico name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If South Dakota's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the New Mexico company. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your South Dakota agent and the New Mexico one

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

Yearly filings: South Dakota and New Mexico

New Mexico has no annual report for LLCs; South Dakota wants the Annual Report every year ($55). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Mexico to South Dakota

A corporation formed in New Mexico files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance ($50)). After that come New Mexico's Biennial Corporate Report ($25) and South Dakota's Annual Report. See the corporation filing.

Registering a South Dakota company in New Mexico

An LLC formed in South Dakota that registers with New Mexico files New Mexico's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing/Existence ($20) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Questions New Mexico owners ask about South Dakota

Does my New Mexico company need to register in South Dakota?

Yes, once a New Mexico business operates there; South Dakota law lists 10 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the South Dakota registration cost?

$949 at checkout, plus New Mexico's Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance.

Do I need New Mexico's certificate of good standing?

Yes: South Dakota wants it, current at filing.

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

South Dakota approves online filings immediately, once New Mexico's certificate is in hand. Paid expedite: $50.

What are the yearly costs for New Mexico and South Dakota?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no New Mexico yearly report and South Dakota's report ($55).

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

Yes: the New Mexico registered agent stays, and ours covers South Dakota for year one.

Will South Dakota accept my New Mexico name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its New Mexico name at home. South Dakota names must include 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.).

Can I form a new South Dakota LLC instead?

Yes, but New Mexico keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55), and New Mexico has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from South Dakota later?

New Mexico companies leave by filing a Notice of Cancellation of Certificate of Authority, Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, South Dakota's report stays due alongside New Mexico's filings.

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