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New Mexico LLC Cost

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Every official charge for forming an LLC in New Mexico in 2026: the filing fee, the other mandatory state costs, the documents you need, and the filing office's own contact details — taken from the state's published sources, not from a filing service.

Forming an LLC in New Mexico costs $50 to file the Articles of Organization, and the first-year minimum is $50. New mexico does not require an annual report..
Filing fee
$50
Articles of Organization
First-year minimum
$50
Filing + mandatory year-1 state costs
Annual report
None
No annual report required
Other year-1 costs
None
Mandatory, on top of the filing fee

What you pay in year one — New Mexico

ChargeAmount
Filing fee — Articles of Organization$50
First-year minimum total$50

The total is the cheapest filing channel plus the fixed mandatory charges that fall due in year one. Variable charges are listed at “No fixed fee” and are not folded into the total.

Filing fee by channel

Online filing$50

Fee set by NMSA 1978, § 53-19-63(A): $50 for filing the original articles of organization and issuing a certificate of organization. The Secretary of State's Business Services page states all business filings have moved online and paper filings are no longer accepted for any business application, so there is no separate paper fee.

Who you file with

DepartmentNew Mexico Secretary of State
DivisionBusiness Services Division

File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.

Articles of Organization: Filed online only through SOS Enterprise; New Mexico no longer accepts paper business filings. Statutory basis NMSA 1978, §§ 53-19-7 to 53-19-10.

New Mexico tax pages

Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: New Mexico Tax Brackets · New Mexico Income Tax Calculator · New Mexico Paycheck Calculator.

Documents you need

  • Articles of Organization — Signed original (now filed online), filed with the Secretary of State under NMSA 1978, §§ 53-19-7 to 53-19-10; a Certificate of Organization is issued. Fee $50.
  • Registered agent and registered office in New Mexico — A New Mexico LLC must continually maintain a registered agent and registered office address in New Mexico. The agent must be an individual resident of New Mexico or a domestic/authorized foreign corporation, LLC or partnership having a place of business in New Mexico; a P.O. Box is not acceptable as the registered office, and an LLC cannot be its own registered agent. The designated agent must file a signed Statement of Acceptance of Appointment (Form SOS-DLLCSOA) with the Articles.
  • Operating agreement — Not filed with the Secretary of State. The official SOS pages do not state an adoption requirement.

How forming works in New Mexico

  1. Line up the agent: Registered agent and registered office in New Mexico — A New Mexico LLC must continually maintain a registered agent and registered office address in New Mexico. The agent must be an individual resident of New Mexico or a domestic/authorized foreign corporation, LLC or partnership having a place of business in New Mexico; a P.O. Box is not acceptable as the registered office, and an LLC cannot be its own registered agent. The designated agent must file a signed Statement of Acceptance of Appointment (Form SOS-DLLCSOA) with the Articles.
  2. File the Articles of Organization with the New Mexico Secretary of State — the filing fee is $50 at the cheapest channel (file online at the official portal linked below).

Annual report & ongoing costs

New Mexico does not require an annual report for LLCs — there is no yearly report fee to budget.

There are no other recurring state filings recorded for New Mexico LLCs.

After you form

  1. Get the free EIN from the IRS, then open a business bank account so company and personal money stay separate.
  2. Stay compliant: New Mexico does not require an annual report. — diary the due date before you form.
  • Employer Identification Number (EIN) — free from the IRS; a federal step that is the same in every state.

Compare New Mexico with the rest of the country

New Mexico's first-year minimum of $50 sits in the full ranking of all 51 jurisdictions — the cheapest first year is Montana at $35 and the most expensive is California at $870.

Official sources — fees verified 3 November 2026:
https://d2l2jhoszs7d12.cloudfront.net/state/New Mexico/Secretary of State/www.sos.state.nm.us/Business Services/Corporations/NM Domestic LLC/dllc-inst.pdf
https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/

Forming an LLC in New Mexico? This page lists every official state charge for 2026 — filing fee, mandatory extras, the annual report and the documents — with the filing office's own phone, website and portal.

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New Mexico LLC Cost — Filing Fees, Documents and State Contacts guide

Every official charge for forming and keeping an LLC in New Mexico in 2026: a $50 filing fee for the Articles of Organization, a first-year minimum of $50, the documents the state asks for, and the filing office's own phone, website and portal — read from the state's published sources, not a filing service's price list.

How to use this tool

  1. Check the filing fee table — New Mexico charges $50 at the cheapest channel, and the page shows every channel the state offers.
  2. Read the year-one breakdown: each mandatory charge is itemised, and the total is exactly the sum of the rows above it.
  3. Work through the documents checklist, including the registered agent rule, then file through the official portal in the department card.
  4. Diary the recurring costs from the annual report card before you form, so nothing falls due by surprise.

A worked example

Forming an LLC in New Mexico: you pay $50 to file the Articles of Organization with the New Mexico Secretary of State. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $50; after that the recurring state cost is no fixed recurring state charge.

What you can do with this tool

How it works

Every figure comes from the state's own published fee schedule or statute (the page lists its official sources) and was checked on 3 November 2026. The first-year minimum is the cheapest filing channel plus the fixed mandatory charges that fall due in year one; annual report fees fall due after year one, and variable charges such as newspaper publication have no fixed amount, so both are shown separately rather than folded into the total.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to form an LLC in New Mexico?

Filing the Articles of Organization costs $50 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $50. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.

Does New Mexico require an annual report for LLCs?

No — New Mexico does not require LLCs to file an annual report, so there is no yearly report fee. There is no fixed recurring state charge either.

What documents do I need to form an LLC in New Mexico?

Articles of Organization; Registered agent and registered office in New Mexico; Operating agreement. You will also need a free EIN from the IRS — a federal step that is the same in every state.

Who do I file with in New Mexico, and how do I contact them?

You file with the New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division. Phone: 505-827-3600. Email: Business.Services@sos.nm.gov. File online at https://enterprise.sos.nm.gov/.

Are there other mandatory state charges in New Mexico?

No — beyond the Articles of Organization filing fee, New Mexico records no other mandatory state charges for a standard LLC.