Rhode Island

New Mexico

Foreign registration · no form number

Rhode Island LLC Foreign Registration in New Mexico

New Mexico registers an LLC from Rhode Island as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Mexico also wants Rhode Island's Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22), dated within 30 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Rhode Island records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Rhode Island and New Mexico side by side

	Rhode Island formed here	New Mexico registering here
Document	Rhode Island Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign LLC - Certificate of Registration (no form number)
State fee	$22	$100 at order
How it is handled	Rhode Island: online in about two business days, the same day in person, or in 5 to 7 business days by mail	Filed online with New Mexico
Office	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.ri.gov	sos.nm.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 30 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year	No annual report
Due	May 1
Agent	Your Rhode Island resident agent	Our New Mexico registered agent

From Rhode Island to New Mexico, step by step

Order the Rhode Island certificate
The Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22) is ordered from Rhode Island separately; it is not part of our New Mexico order. It comes as a short form ($22) or a long form ($30). With Rhode Island taking days and New Mexico counting 30 days from issue, the order is timed for both.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your New Mexico registered agent, next to your Rhode Island name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Rhode Island certificate takes days to arrive, so the New Mexico filing waits for it. Once New Mexico approves it, the Rhode Island company can do business there.

First-year cost, Rhode Island to New Mexico

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Rhode Island	$22
Our service, with a year of New Mexico registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Rhode Island certificate included	$321

Your Rhode Island name and New Mexico's rules

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

Your New Mexico agent and the Rhode Island one

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

Yearly filings: New Mexico and Rhode Island

Rhode Island wants the Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) every year ($50); New Mexico has no annual report for LLCs. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Rhode Island to New Mexico

A corporation formed in Rhode Island files its own registration with New Mexico ($200 in state fees). After that come Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50) and New Mexico's Biennial Corporate Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a New Mexico company in Rhode Island

An LLC formed in New Mexico that registers with Rhode Island files Form 450 with $156 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Rhode Island owners ask about New Mexico

Does my Rhode Island company need to register in New Mexico?

Yes, once a Rhode Island 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 $22 to Rhode Island for the Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing, $321 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Rhode Island's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Mexico wants it ($22), no more than 30 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Rhode Island and New Mexico?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Rhode Island's report ($50) and no New Mexico yearly report.

What if I don't register with New Mexico?

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

Can I form a new New Mexico LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from New Mexico later?

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

Official sources

People also search

LLC into New Mexico, by home state (48)

Rhode Island into other states (47)

The same move for a corporation