New Mexico Statutes

§ 53-18-4 — Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence

New Mexico § 53-18-4
JurisdictionNew Mexico
Ch. 53Corporations
Art. 18Business Corporations; Miscellaneous Provisions

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 53-18-4 (2026).

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All certificates issued by the commission [secretary of state] in accordance with the provisions of the Business Corporation Act, and all copies of documents filed in its office in accordance with the provisions of the Business Corporation Act, when certified by it, shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, and may be filed and recorded with the respective county clerks. A certificate by the commission [secretary of state] under its seal, as to the existence or nonexistence of the facts relating to corporations shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts therein stated.

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Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 51-31-3, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 81, § 124.

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