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Register Your Texas LLC in New Mexico
Step-by-step foreign qualification requirements, fees, and filing instructions for Texas LLCs expanding into New Mexico.
Cost Summary
- New Mexico filing fee
- $100
- Texas Certificate of Fact - Status
- $15
- Annual obligation in New Mexico
- No annual report required
- Estimated year 1 total
- $115
Note: Year 1 total includes the $100 filing fee in New Mexico, the $15 Certificate of Fact - Status fee from Texas. Registered agent fees (typically $100-$200/year) are not included.
Texas data last reviewed Aug 15, 2026 · sos.texas.gov
New Mexico data last reviewed Aug 15, 2026 · sos.nm.gov
How to register your Texas LLC in New Mexico
1
Check name availability in New Mexico
Before filing, verify that your LLC name (or a distinguishable variation) is available in New Mexico. If your exact name is already taken, you may need to register under a fictitious or assumed name.
Search the business name register on the New Mexico Secretary of State website before you file.
2
Get a Certificate of Fact - Status from Texas
New Mexico requires a Certificate of Fact - Status from Texas to prove your LLC is in good standing. The fee is $15. Available to order online. No expiration; third parties typically require certificate dated within 60-90 days.
Order from Texas ↗
3
File the Application for Registration in New Mexico
Submit your application along with the Certificate of Fact - Status and the $100 filing fee. Processing time is 5-10 business days. Online filing is available.
New Mexico filing portal ↗
4
Appoint a registered agent in New Mexico
You must designate a registered agent with a physical address in New Mexico to accept legal documents on behalf of your LLC. This is required as part of the foreign qualification application.
Ongoing compliance in New Mexico
- Annual report
- No annual report required
- Report due
- Varies
- Processing time
- 5-10 business days
Note: New Mexico has no annual report requirement and very low costs.
Important to know about New Mexico
- New Mexico LLCs file no annual report, which makes it one of the cheapest states to maintain.
- Operating unregistered still accrues up to $200 per year or part of a year.
If your LLC did business in New Mexico before filing, check the New Mexico foreign LLC penalty guide first. Back fees can run from the date you started, not the date you file.
Activities that do NOT require registration in New Mexico
- Maintaining, defending, or settling a proceeding
- Holding meetings of members or carrying on internal company affairs
- Maintaining bank accounts
- Maintaining offices or agencies for transfer, exchange, and registration of its own securities or interests, or trustees or depositories for them
- Selling through independent contractors
- Soliciting or obtaining orders by mail, employees, or agents, if the orders require acceptance outside the state
- Creating as borrower or lender, or acquiring, indebtedness, mortgages, or security interests in real or personal property
- Securing or collecting debts, or enforcing rights in property securing debts
- Acquiring out-of-state royalties and nonoperating mineral interests, signing related instruments, and owning real or personal property and nothing more
- Conducting an isolated transaction completed within 30 days that is not one of repeated transactions of a like nature
- Transacting business in interstate commerce
- Owning a controlling interest in a corporation that transacts business in the state
- Being a limited partner of a limited partnership that transacts business in the state
- Being a member or manager of an LLC that transacts business in the state
Under NMSA 1978 Section 53-19-54. Fourteen items across two subsections. The property-ownership safe harbor is bundled inside the mineral-interest paragraph A(9) rather than standing alone.
Need a registered agent in New Mexico?
A registered agent is required for foreign qualification. These services operate in all 50 states.
Get Northwest Registered Agent ↗
Recommended · $125/year · Privacy included
Registered Agents Inc
$200/year · Report filing included, state fees extra
Harbor Compliance
$99 first year, then $149/year · Full-service compliance option
Not sure which service fits? Our full Northwest Registered Agent review and Harbor Compliance review cover pricing, renewal terms, and where each one fits.
Need a business address in New Mexico?
A virtual mailbox gives your LLC a professional address in New Mexico for mail forwarding, public filings, and banking, without leasing office space.
Independent mailbox providers
This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify all fees and requirements with the New Mexico Secretary of State before filing.