New Mexico § 53-8-7 Corporate name

New Mexico Statutes

§ 53-8-7 — Corporate name

New Mexico § 53-8-7

Ch. 53Corporations

Art. 8Nonprofit Corporations

This text of New Mexico § 53-8-7 (Corporate name) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 53-8-7 (2026).

Text

The corporate name and, if different, the name under which the corporation proposes to transact business in New Mexico shall not: A. contain any word or phrase that indicates or implies that it is organized for any purpose other than one or more of the purposes contained in its articles of incorporation; and B. be the same as, or confusingly similar to, the name of any corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, existing under the laws of New Mexico, or any foreign corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in New Mexico, or a corporate name reserved or registered as permitted by the laws of New Mexico.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

The corporate name and, if different, the name under which the corporation proposes to transact business in New Mexico shall not: A. contain any word or phrase that indicates or implies that it is organized for any purpose other than one or more of the purposes contained in its articles of incorporation; and B. be the same as, or confusingly similar to, the name of any corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, existing under the laws of New Mexico, or any foreign corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in New Mexico, or a corporate name reserved or registered as permitted by the laws of New Mexico.