Section 8-4-1 – Repealed.

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1978, ch. 132, § 6, repealed 4-2-1, 1953 Comp. (8-4-1 NMSA 1978), relating to payment of bond premium for secretary of state, effective March 6, 1978.

Section 8-4-2 – [Chief clerk as assistant; appointment; oath; bond.]

The secretary of state is hereby authorized to appoint his chief clerk to be assistant secretary. Such assistant secretary shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties give bond to the state in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), which bond shall be approved by the secretary of state and filed in his […]

Section 8-4-3 – [Assistant secretary; powers.]

The assistant secretary shall have power, in the absence of the secretary, to file all instruments required by the laws of New Mexico to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and to certify to copies thereof, under his hand and the great seal of the state, with the same force and […]

Section 8-4-4 – Fees of secretary of state.

The secretary of state shall collect the following fees to be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the general fund: A. photocopies of records, per page twenty-five cents ($.25); B. each certification three dollars ($3.00); C. filing each official oath three dollars ($3.00); D. search of records where another fee is not prescribed, […]

Section 8-4-5 – Bureau of elections created; organization; duties.

There is created within the office of the secretary of state a “bureau of elections.” The bureau of elections shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the secretary of state and who shall be knowledgeable in the election laws of the state. The bureau of elections shall perform those duties pertaining […]

Section 8-4-6 – Distribution of session laws.

A. The secretary of state shall transmit copies of the session laws without charge as follows: (1) one copy to each New Mexico supreme court justice; (2) one copy to each New Mexico court of appeals judge; (3) one copy to each New Mexico district court judge; (4) five copies to the New Mexico attorney […]

Section 8-4-7 – Corporations.

As of July 1, 2013, the secretary of state, pursuant to Article 11, Section 19 of the constitution of New Mexico, shall assume responsibility for chartering corporations as provided by law, including the performance of the functions of the former corporations bureau of the public regulation commission. As used in Chapter 53, Articles 1, 2, […]