A registered agent is not a virtual mailbox. We do not score mailbox suites, virtual offices, or Google Business Profile eligibility here. New Mexico wants a registered office in this state and a registered agent who can take court papers. If you need scans of catalogs, that is a different product on a different site.
What New Mexico actually requires
In plain language. New Mexico wants a person or company who can be handed court papers at a New Mexico street. The statute calls that person the registered agent. You name the agent on the articles of organization, and the agent files a statement accepting the job. An LLC does not file a Secretary of State annual report. A corporation’s biennial report is a different law. If the LLC stays without a registered agent for 30 days, or waits 30 days to file a change, the Secretary of State may revoke the company. You can apply to put it back within two years. Check the live name on the Business Search before you file.
NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5 is how New Mexico names the agent today. A limited liability company shall maintain in New Mexico a registered office, which may be the same as the company’s principal place of business, and a registered agent for service of process. That agent is either an individual resident of New Mexico; a domestic corporation, limited liability company, or partnership that has a place of business in New Mexico that is the same as the registered office; or a foreign corporation, limited liability company, or partnership authorized to transact business in New Mexico that has a place of business the same as the registered office. That is the live list. We print it. We do not invent a shorter one. The section does not print Kansas’s sentence that the company itself may serve. A domestic limited liability company may be someone’s agent when its place of business is the registered office. That sentence is about who may hold the job. It is not a printed permission for the represented LLC to name itself. We do not invent that permission.
ZenBusiness’s New Mexico page, last updated September 18, 2026, cites NM Statute § 53-11-11 for who may serve. That section is a corporation statute. LegalZoom’s New Mexico article, updated April 30, 2026, also cites § 53-11-11 for corporations and says other entity types have similar statutes. The LLC section we opened is NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5. The three categories are close. We print the LLC section and the vendor cites to the corporation section. We do not treat § 53-11-11 as the LLC statute.
The same vendors say you can be your own registered agent. Northwest’s New Mexico page says you can act as your own registered agent. Bizee’s New Mexico page says you can serve if you are at least 18, have a New Mexico street, and can be present during business hours. LegalZoom’s article says you can serve if you are a New Mexico resident with a physical address. ZenBusiness’s page says it is legal to serve as your own registered agent. NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5 lists an individual resident of New Mexico. It does not print an age of 18. It does not print Kansas’s “the company itself may serve” line. We print the statute’s individual-resident category and those vendor sentences. We do not invent an age, and we do not invent self-as-company.
NMSA 1978 § 53-19-8 is what the articles of organization must say. They set forth a name; the street address of the initial registered office and the name of the initial registered agent at that address; the street address of the current principal place of business if it is different; the period of duration if it is not perpetual; a statement if management is vested in a manager; a statement if the company may be a single-member company; and any other lawful provision. NMSA 1978 § 53-19-9 says the organizer files the signed articles and the statement of the person appointed registered agent, accepting the appointment. That acceptance sits with the first paper. It is not a Florida-style acceptance filed later as its own Sunbiz record. It is not Kentucky’s rule that the appointment waits unless the agent signs. We print the New Mexico acceptance statement. We do not import those other papers. NMSA 1978 § 53-19-63 prices the original articles and the certificate of organization at $50. Bizee’s New Mexico page names a $50 online filing fee. Those two $50 lines match. Northwest’s New Mexico LLC page says articles cost $52, a $50 base plus a $2 online transaction fee. We print the statute’s $50, Bizee’s $50, and Northwest’s $52 pair. We do not invent a fourth formation number. That first paper is a first paper. It is not the registered-agent job.
12.3.4.11 NMAC is the document list this page will not stretch. A domestic limited liability company shall comply with the Limited Liability Company Act, NMSA 1978 Sections 53-19-1 through 53-19-74. The documents required are articles of organization and a statement designating the registered agent and office. That is the complete list on the rule we opened. There is no annual-report line and no biennial-report line. Bizee’s New Mexico page says, “Annual report due: No annual report required.” Northwest’s New Mexico LLC page says New Mexico does not require an annual or biennial report for LLCs. Those vendor sentences match the rule. We print them. Missouri also has no LLC annual report. Virginia’s LLC pays a registration fee and files no annual report. New Mexico’s list stops at the articles and the agent statement. The revocation path is the 30-day agent clock below. We do not import Missouri’s mailbox-store ban or Virginia’s $50 fee.
Corporations are a different Act. Say this once so the papers do not get mixed. A profit corporation files an initial report and then a biennial report under the Corporate Reports Act, NMSA 1978 § 53-5-2, and the corporation rule 12.3.2.12 NMAC. That paper is not an LLC duty. 12.3.4.11 NMAC does not put it on the LLC list. An LLC owner who hears “New Mexico biennial report” is hearing the corporation rule. We print the split. We do not treat the corporation report as the LLC’s registered-agent job.
The street rule is the word “street” in the articles and in the change statement. NMSA 1978 § 53-19-8 asks for the street address of the initial registered office. NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5 asks for the street address of the agent’s place of business when the company files a change, and it says that address is the same as the registered office. Northwest’s New Mexico page says a physical address in New Mexico, no P.O. Boxes or virtual offices. Bizee’s New Mexico page says a physical street and that a P.O. box alone does not satisfy the requirement. LegalZoom’s article says a physical address, not a P.O. box, and that private mailbox addresses and virtual addresses are not acceptable. ZenBusiness’s page says a real physical business address, and that a P.O. box or a virtual office address does not count. We print the statute’s street-address sentences and those vendor lines. We do not invent a shorter one. A P.O. Box alone is not that street. The live Business Services page we opened does not print its own “no P.O. Box” sentence. We do not invent one.
NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5(B) is how the company changes the line after organization. The company delivers a statement to the Secretary of State. If the agent changes, the statement names the successor, gives the street address of the successor’s place of business, says that address is the registered office, and includes the successor’s statement that the agent accepts the appointment. NMSA 1978 § 53-19-63(I) prices a statement of change of address of registered office or registered agent, or both, at $20. The same section prices an agent’s own address-change statement at $20 for each affected company. ZenBusiness’s New Mexico page prints $20 for an LLC, $25 for a profit corporation, and $10 for a nonprofit. The same page also says the form costs $10–$25 depending on business type. The LLC $20 matches the statute. The $25 and the $10 are ZenBusiness’s corporation and nonprofit numbers. They are not rows in NMSA 1978 § 53-19-63. LegalZoom’s New Mexico article prints one change fee of $25 and does not split LLC from corporation. Northwest’s New Mexico registered-agent page names a change of agent form and does not print a dollar. We print the statute’s $20 LLC row, ZenBusiness’s $20 / $25 / $10 triple and its $10–$25 range, LegalZoom’s single $25, and Northwest’s missing dollar. We do not invent a Northwest dollar the registered-agent page did not print. Putting a new name on that paper is still not the registered-agent job. The job is taking court papers at the New Mexico office.
The live Business Services page says all business filings have moved online. The office will no longer accept paper filings for any business application. ZenBusiness’s page says New Mexico no longer accepts paper forms, so online filing is the only option. Those two sentences match. LegalZoom’s article says you must file a paper application and may mail or deliver the statement to 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300, Santa Fe. We print the live online-only sentence, ZenBusiness’s matching sentence, and LegalZoom’s paper sentence. We do not invent a winner.
NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5(E) is how an agent steps down. The agent delivers a written notice, executed in duplicate, to the Secretary of State. The office mails a copy to the company at the principal place of business on its records. The appointment terminates 30 days after the office receives the notice, or on the day a successor’s appointment takes effect, whichever is first. Northwest’s New Mexico page says you submit two copies of a written notice and a Document Delivery Instruction Form. ZenBusiness’s page says you stay on file for 30 days after the resignation unless the business appoints a replacement sooner, and that there is no filing fee. The 30-day sentence and the “sooner if a successor is named” sentence match the statute. The statute we opened does not print a resignation fee. We print ZenBusiness’s no-fee sentence. We do not invent a resignation dollar. Bizee’s New Mexico page says there is no grace period if the agent resigns or becomes unavailable. The statute’s resignation ends the old appointment on the 30th day, or sooner when a successor is appointed. The revocation ground below is also 30 days. We print Bizee’s “no grace period” sentence and the statute’s 30-day clocks. We do not invent a third clock that makes them agree.
NMSA 1978 § 53-19-66.1 is the clock that matters because there is no LLC report to miss. A limited liability company may be revoked if it has failed for a period of 30 days to appoint and maintain a registered agent, or has failed for a period of 30 days after a change of its registered office or registered agent to file the statement of change. 12.3.4.11 NMAC(F) points to that section and to reinstatement. NMSA 1978 § 53-19-66.2 says the company may apply within two years after the effective date of revocation. The application recites the name and the revocation date, states that the ground did not exist or has been eliminated, and states that the name still satisfies the name statute. If the information is correct, the Secretary of State cancels the certificate of revocation and issues a certificate of reinstatement. When reinstatement is effective, it relates back to the revocation date, and the company resumes business as if the revocation had never occurred. LegalZoom’s article says the Secretary of State may start administrative dissolution, and that you typically receive notice and a chance to cure. The statute we opened says “may be revoked” and “administrative revocation.” It does not print a cure window inside § 53-19-66.1. The two-year reinstatement is the path the next section prints. We print the statute’s revocation words and LegalZoom’s dissolution words. We do not invent a cure window the revocation section did not print.
Service of process is the job, not marketing mail. Rule 1-004 NMRA is the court rule for serving a company. The paths include an officer, a managing or general agent, the registered agent, or another agent authorized to receive service. NMSA 1978 § 38-1-5.1 is the alternate when the registered agent is dead, removed, or cannot be found. Service may then be made on the Secretary of State. We print those two paths. We do not invent Florida-style 10–noon / 2–4 windows.
Tax is not this job. New Mexico Taxation and Revenue registration and pass-through-entity returns are a different office and a different paper. We do not score tax products. Bizee’s New Mexico page mentions gross receipts tax. That sentence is a tax note. It is not the registered-agent job.
The public lookup sits at enterprise.sos.nm.gov. Confirm the live line on the New Mexico Business Search before you treat a marketing city as current. Headquarters is not the registered office. The Secretary of State’s Santa Fe contacts are not a vendor suite.
The live Business Services page prints 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300, Santa Fe, NM 87501, and Business Services at 505-827-3600. The same page says walk-in hours for Business Services are Monday through Thursday. The office is closed to in-person walk-in Business Services customers on Fridays. Online and phone service are still available on Friday. The same page also prints hours of operation of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The online portal says in-person services are not available on Fridays, with the exception of Apostille, and that all business filings are online. ZenBusiness’s page prints the same Santa Fe address and hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Those lines are Secretary of State contacts. They are not ZenBusiness. We print the Friday walk-in closure and the Monday-through-Friday hours line from the same office page. We do not invent a winner. Those hours are the office’s hours. They are not a registered-office clock. New Mexico does not post Florida-style 10–noon / 2–4 windows. We do not treat a company 9-to-5 line as NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5.
Cited prices, retrieved September 22, 2026
We print what the company’s official registered-agent page said on the retrieval date. No company publishes a different New Mexico registered-agent price from the national card, except where we note a New Mexico-page sentence. We do not invent a renewal.
| Vendor | Year 1 | Year 2 | Letters | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Registered Agent | $125/year standalone; first year free only if you form the entity through Northwest | $125/year (same price; $100/year per state if you have five or more states) | B+ / B / B | Official page |
| Bizee | Free first year when you form through Bizee; standalone registered agent $149/year | Official pages we retrieved say $149/year after the free first year (or $149 from day one if you buy standalone) | C+ / B- / B | Official page |
| LegalZoom | $249/year on the official registered-agent overview (first-time customers) | Official footnote: auto-renews at the purchase rate until you cancel; “The renewal rate is subject to change.” | C / B- / B- | Official page |
| ZenBusiness | $99 + NM state fees for the first year (standalone); national card says $99 + state fees | $199/year renewal on the official national pages; those pages say the rate is subject to change | C / B- / B- | Official page |
- Northwest Registered Agent: official page: “$125 Per Year.” Same price in year two on the national card. Five or more states is $100 a year per state. Retrieved September 22, 2026 from northwestregisteredagent.com/registered-agent and the New Mexico product page. The New Mexico page says they collect the first year’s fee up front and invoice about a year later. First year free only if you form through them; we do not treat that bundle as the standalone price. The New Mexico page says they accept and scan documents at their registered office in Albuquerque. The same company also sells extra mail scans. Those extras are a different product. We do not grade those extras as the registered-agent job. The same page names a change of agent form and does not print a dollar. NMSA 1978 § 53-19-63 prices the LLC statement of change at $20. The same page talks about normal business hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. That clock is Northwest copy. We do not treat it as NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5. Northwest’s New Mexico LLC page says there is no annual or biennial report for LLCs, and that articles cost $52, a $50 base plus a $2 online transaction fee. The statute prices articles at $50. We print both.
- Bizee: official registered-agent page: free first year with formation; standalone $149/year; year two $149/year. Retrieved September 22, 2026 from bizee.com/business-management/registered-agent and the New Mexico product page. That New Mexico page names a $50 online filing fee. That dollar matches NMSA 1978 § 53-19-63. The same page says, “Annual report due: No annual report required.” That sentence matches 12.3.4.11 NMAC. The same page does not print the $20 change fee. It says there is no grace period if the agent resigns. The statute’s resignation ends on the 30th day, or sooner if a successor is appointed. After a free first year with formation, the official card says the agent service is $149 a year. The same page talks about a physical street during normal business hours, generally 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. That is Bizee copy. We print those vendor sentences. We do not invent a New Mexico-only price from a missing page.
- LegalZoom: official overview retrieved September 22, 2026: “Get registered agent services for $249/year.” Product card: $249/year. Retrieved from legalzoom.com/…/registered-agent-overview.html. The live New Mexico article is legalzoom.com/articles/new-mexico-registered-agent, updated April 30, 2026. That article says the registered-agent service runs $249/yr. We keep that card. It prints a separate change fee of $25 and does not split LLC from corporation. NMSA 1978 § 53-19-63 prices the LLC change at $20. ZenBusiness splits $20 / $25 / $10. We print all three. It prints 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300, and says the change is a paper filing you mail or deliver. The live Business Services page says filings are online and paper filings are no longer accepted. It claims offices in Albuquerque and Los Alamos and does not print a LegalZoom street. We do not invent a suite. It says professional services can cost $100–$500. That range is not a LegalZoom price. The same article talks about Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. That clock is LegalZoom copy. We print those vendor sentences. We do not invent a suite or a higher year-two number.
- ZenBusiness: official New Mexico page: first-year and renewal dollars are the national card. The national page says $99 + state fees for the first year and renews at $199/yr, subject to change. We keep the national card. The live New Mexico page is /new-mexico-registered-agent/, last updated September 18, 2026. That page prints an LLC change of $20, a profit-corporation change of $25, and a nonprofit change of $10. The LLC $20 matches NMSA 1978 § 53-19-63. The same page also says the form costs $10–$25 depending on business type. The same page says a resignation has no filing fee and that you stay on file for 30 days unless a replacement is appointed sooner. Those two sentences match the statute’s missing resignation fee and the 30-day clock. The same page prints Secretary of State contacts at 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300, Santa Fe, NM 87501, and hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Those lines are the office. They are not ZenBusiness. The national page says they currently do not offer registered-agent service to PLLCs or nonprofits. That is their national exclusion, not a New Mexico statute. The New Mexico page talks about $100 to a few hundred dollars a year as a market range. That range is not a ZenBusiness price. Retrieved September 22, 2026 from zenbusiness.com/registered-agent and the New Mexico registered-agent page.
A change of registered agent is a separate Secretary of State filing. NMSA 1978 § 53-19-63 prices the LLC statement at $20. ZenBusiness prints that $20 and also prints $25 for a profit corporation and $10 for a nonprofit. LegalZoom prints one $25. Northwest’s registered-agent page does not print a dollar. The LLC has no annual report that could carry the change. The change paper can name a new agent. It is still not the registered-agent job.
Who publishes a New Mexico street
A city is not a registered office. We print only the streets the companies publish for registered-agent use. We do not invent the rest. Confirm the live name and street on the New Mexico Business Search before you file. Headquarters is not the registered office. The Secretary of State’s Santa Fe contacts are not vendor suites.
- Northwest. The New Mexico product page says they accept and scan documents at their registered office in Albuquerque. The office-locations page lists Albuquerque, NM 87110 Bernalillo County, and says they leave the street off this list. No street is published. The two city lines match on Albuquerque. We have not been to an Albuquerque office. Northwest also sells extra mail scans from that location. Those extras are a different product. The city, ZIP, and county are vendor-claimed.
- Bizee. Claims owned offices in all 50 states. The official registered-agent page names no New Mexico street. The live New Mexico product page names no New Mexico street. The contact page lists 17350 State Highway 249, Suite 220, Houston, TX 77064 as headquarters. That address is not a New Mexico registered-agent street.
- LegalZoom. The official registered-agent overview does not publish a New Mexico street. The live New Mexico article claims offices in Albuquerque and Los Alamos and names no LegalZoom street. We do not invent a suite. We do not treat a LegalZoom virtual-mail street as the registered-agent street. Those cities are vendor-claimed.
- ZenBusiness. The New Mexico registered-agent page publishes no ZenBusiness street or city. It prints Secretary of State contacts at 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Those lines are office contacts. They are not ZenBusiness. We do not treat that suite as their office.
If you are your own registered agent, the street on the public record is often your home. The statute’s individual category is a New Mexico resident. It does not print a sentence that the represented LLC may name itself. If you hire a commercial registered agent, the agent line is that organization’s name. Northwest names Albuquerque on the product page and Albuquerque, NM 87110 Bernalillo County on the office list, and no street on either. LegalZoom claims Albuquerque and Los Alamos and publishes no street. Bizee publishes no New Mexico street. ZenBusiness publishes the Secretary of State’s Santa Fe address. We label every published city vendor-claimed. Use the Business Search.
In-state office, the $20 change, and the missing LLC report
New Mexico wants a registered office in this state and a registered agent. The articles of organization must name that office and that agent. The agent’s acceptance statement is filed with the articles. A P.O. Box alone is not that street on the vendor pages we opened. The statute lists an individual resident, a domestic entity whose place of business is the registered office, or an authorized foreign entity whose place of business is the registered office. It does not print Kansas’s sentence that the company itself may serve. Change the agent on a statement of change. The statute prices the LLC statement at $20. ZenBusiness also prints $25 for a profit corporation and $10 for a nonprofit. LegalZoom prints one $25. Northwest’s registered-agent page does not print a dollar. The live office says filings are online. LegalZoom’s article still describes a paper filing. Resignation ends 30 days after the office receives the notice, or sooner if a successor is appointed. There is no LLC annual report and no LLC biennial report. A corporation’s biennial report is the Corporate Reports Act. It is not this job. Stay without a registered agent for 30 days, or wait 30 days to file a change, and the Secretary of State may revoke the company. Reinstatement is within two years and relates back. New Mexico does not post a Florida-style 10–noon / 2–4 clock, and it does not run a Nevada-style ten-company commercial-agent register. Northwest claims Albuquerque, ZIP 87110, Bernalillo County. LegalZoom claims Albuquerque and Los Alamos and names no street. ZenBusiness publishes 325 Don Gaspar — a Secretary of State contact. Bizee names no New Mexico street. Process Score has not been to those offices. We do not treat a company 9-to-5 line as NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5.
Service of process, not marketing mail
We grade scan-and-forward of service of process and official notices:
- Bizee: notifications by text and email; court papers mailed via FedEx with tracking; portal upload by employees. The New Mexico page talks about a physical street during normal business hours. That is Bizee copy. Contact-page support hours are Monday–Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. CST. Those are support hours, not registered-office hours.
- Northwest: “We scan every document you receive right where you receive it—in our office.” The New Mexico page adds scans at the Albuquerque office, and says they scan the same day. Their extra mail-scan product is a different product. We do not grade those extras as a mailbox.
- LegalZoom: upload, email, and a postcard for urgent legal mail; they say they shred junk mail. The live New Mexico article claims Albuquerque and Los Alamos offices and names no LegalZoom street. Junk-mail shredding is not the job we score. That clock is not the statute.
- ZenBusiness: scan and upload to a dashboard; email; overnight the original for urgent legal notices. Their own FAQ says you cannot use the agent address as your business address. Their national product currently excludes PLLCs and nonprofits; that is their exclusion, not a New Mexico statute. The New Mexico page prints Secretary of State contacts at 325 Don Gaspar. Those lines are office copy. They are not NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5.
Home-address privacy
A commercial registered agent is how most New Mexico owners keep a home off the agent line. The Secretary of State still publishes whatever other addresses you put on a formation filing. Privacy of the agent line is not privacy of every field. There is no LLC annual report that would list members the way Kansas’s Information Report does. A New Mexico limited liability company must keep a registered agent. It cannot leave that line blank. Confirm the live line on the Business Search.
Not legal advice. Confirm on New Mexico SOS before you treat these grades as current. Check the live name and street on the New Mexico Business Search.
Scorecards
Northwest Registered Agent
Commercial registered agent- Year-1 / year-2 price
- B+
- SOS street and presence
- B
- Process and privacy
- B
Year 1: $125/year standalone; first year free only if you form the entity through Northwest
Year 2: $125/year (same price; $100/year per state if you have five or more states)
Retrieved: 2026-09-22
Bizee
Commercial registered agent- Year-1 / year-2 price
- C+
- SOS street and presence
- B-
- Process and privacy
- B
Year 1: Free first year when you form through Bizee; standalone registered agent $149/year
Year 2: Official pages we retrieved say $149/year after the free first year (or $149 from day one if you buy standalone)
Retrieved: 2026-09-22
LegalZoom
Commercial registered agent- Year-1 / year-2 price
- C
- SOS street and presence
- B-
- Process and privacy
- B-
Year 1: $249/year on the official registered-agent overview (first-time customers)
Year 2: Official footnote: auto-renews at the purchase rate until you cancel; “The renewal rate is subject to change.”
Retrieved: 2026-09-22
ZenBusiness
Commercial registered agent- Year-1 / year-2 price
- C
- SOS street and presence
- B-
- Process and privacy
- B-
Year 1: $99 + NM state fees for the first year (standalone); national card says $99 + state fees
Year 2: $199/year renewal on the official national pages; those pages say the rate is subject to change
Retrieved: 2026-09-22
What this page does not do
- It does not rank mailbox networks or virtual offices.
- It does not publish combined star ratings or a fake 4.8.
- It does not treat a company 9-to-5 line as NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5.
- It does not treat a missing LLC annual report as a missing duty. 12.3.4.11 NMAC lists articles and the registered-agent statement. That is the list.
- It does not treat a corporation’s biennial report under NMSA 1978 § 53-5-2 as an LLC duty.
- It does not invent a Statement of Information for a New Mexico LLC. There is none at the Secretary of State.
- It does not invent a winner between NMSA 1978 § 53-19-63’s $20 LLC change, ZenBusiness’s $20 / $25 / $10 triple, ZenBusiness’s $10–$25 range, and LegalZoom’s single $25.
- It does not invent a Northwest change dollar. The registered-agent page we opened does not print one.
- It does not invent a winner between NMSA 1978 § 53-19-63’s $50 articles fee, Bizee’s $50 online fee, and Northwest’s $52 pair of $50 plus a $2 transaction fee.
- It does not invent a winner between the live online-only filing sentence and LegalZoom’s paper-filing sentence.
- It does not invent a winner between the statute’s “administrative revocation” and LegalZoom’s “administrative dissolution.”
- It does not invent a winner between Bizee’s “no grace period” sentence and the statute’s 30-day resignation and 30-day revocation clocks.
- It does not invent a winner between the office’s Friday walk-in closure and the same page’s Monday-through-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. line. Both are Secretary of State sentences.
- It does not invent a sentence that the represented LLC may name itself. NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5 does not print Kansas’s “the company itself may serve” line.
- It does not treat ZenBusiness’s cite to § 53-11-11 as the LLC statute. That section is a corporation statute. The LLC section is NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5.
- It does not treat a Houston headquarters as a New Mexico street.
- It does not treat 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300, as a vendor suite. That contact is the Secretary of State.
- It does not invent a New Mexico-only price a company did not print.
- It does not invent a LegalZoom New Mexico street the live article did not print. The article claims Albuquerque and Los Alamos and skips the street.
- It does not treat a P.O. Box as the registered office. The articles ask for a street address. The vendor pages we opened refuse that box.
- It does not pretend a New Mexico limited liability company may skip the registered agent. NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5 says the company shall maintain one.
- It does not treat Northwest’s extra mail-scan product as the registered-agent job.
- It does not treat LegalZoom’s $100–$500 range or ZenBusiness’s “$100 to a few hundred” range as that company’s New Mexico price.
- It does not treat ZenBusiness’s exclusion of PLLCs and nonprofits as a New Mexico statute.
- It does not score New Mexico tax filings. Taxation and Revenue registration and pass-through returns are not the registered-agent job.
Choosing among being the agent yourself, asking a lawyer, or hiring a commercial agent: DIY vs lawyer vs commercial. California’s scorecard is a different statute: California scorecard. Texas keeps the written consent with the company: Texas scorecard. Florida files the acceptance and posts a 10–noon / 2–4 clock: Florida scorecard. Delaware bans a virtual-only agent and sets the commercial bar above 50: Delaware scorecard. New York starts with the Secretary of State already on the agent line: New York scorecard. Nevada makes a commercial agent register at ten companies: Nevada scorecard. Wyoming bans UPS stores and virtual addresses as the registered office: Wyoming scorecard. Arizona makes the statutory-agent appointment wait on a signed acceptance: Arizona scorecard. Illinois gives you 60 days after your agent resigns, then you are not in good standing: Illinois scorecard. Ohio cancels the articles if you miss the 30-day statutory-agent notice: Ohio scorecard. Georgia wants the registered office at the same street as the agent: Georgia scorecard. Pennsylvania files a registered office, not a registered agent: Pennsylvania scorecard. New Jersey wants a street for your registered agent and will not take a P.O. Box alone: New Jersey scorecard. Colorado will not take a commercial mailbox or a P.O. Box as the registered-agent street: Colorado scorecard. North Carolina’s LLC annual report is $200 paper or $203 online by April 15. That filing is not the registered-agent job: North Carolina scorecard. Virginia’s LLC pays a $50 annual registration fee and files no annual report: Virginia scorecard. Washington files the agent’s prior consent and will not take a P.O. Box or a PMB as the street: Washington scorecard. Michigan’s statute names a resident agent and sends the filing to LARA: Michigan scorecard. Indiana’s live statute names a registered agent. Older Indiana law called the same job resident agent: Indiana scorecard. Massachusetts’s LLC statute names a resident agent. The $500 annual report cannot change that line: Massachusetts scorecard. Maryland’s statute names a resident agent and sends the filing to SDAT, not the Secretary of State: Maryland scorecard. Tennessee wants a registered office and a registered agent at the same street. The $300 LLC annual report is not that job: Tennessee scorecard. Minnesota wants a registered office. A Minnesota-formed company may name an agent. The free December 31 renewal is not that job: Minnesota scorecard. Wisconsin files the agent at DFI, not the Secretary of State. A P.O. Box, a mailbox service, or a telephone answering service is not the office: Wisconsin scorecard. Oregon’s street cannot be a commercial mail receiving agency, a mail-forwarding shop, or a virtual office. The $100 anniversary renewal is not the registered-agent job: Oregon scorecard. Missouri LLCs file no annual report with the Secretary of State. They still must keep a registered office and a registered agent: Missouri scorecard. Alabama’s street cannot be solely a mailbox service or a telephone answering service. The Business Privilege Tax return is a Department of Revenue paper: Alabama scorecard. South Carolina’s LLC statute names a designated office and an agent for service of process. Typical pass-through LLCs file no annual report with the Secretary of State: South Carolina scorecard. Arkansas’s LLC statute sends the job to the Model Registered Agents Act. The $150 franchise-tax paper is due May 1: Arkansas scorecard. Connecticut’s office is the Secretary of the State. Live form BUS-09 bans a P.O. Box on the business and residence street. The separate mailing line may be a P.O. Box: Connecticut scorecard. Utah’s office is the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. A P.O. Box is only allowed on the mailing line. The $18 annual report is due in the anniversary month: Utah scorecard. Mississippi’s office is the Secretary of State. The LLC statute sends the job to the Mississippi Registered Agents Act. The domestic LLC annual report is $0 and due April 15: Mississippi scorecard. Oklahoma’s LLC statute lets the company name itself as the agent. The $25 anniversary certificate is not that job: Oklahoma scorecard. Louisiana names the agent on a notarized Initial Report. The $30 anniversary annual report is still not that job: Louisiana scorecard. Iowa’s live statute names a registered agent with a place of business in this state. Changing the LLC agent on the live table is no fee. The $30 odd-year biennial report is still not that job: Iowa scorecard. Kentucky wants a registered office and a registered agent at the same street. Unless the agent signs the appointment, it waits on a written acceptance. The $15 June 30 annual report is still not that job: Kentucky scorecard. Nebraska’s LLC statute names an office and an agent for service of process. Changing the LLC agent on the live table is $25 online or $30 on paper. The $30 odd-year biennial report is still not that job: Nebraska scorecard. Kansas’s statute names a resident agent. Changing the agent is Form ROA at $30 online or $35 on paper. The $90 even-or-odd Information Report is still not that job: Kansas scorecard. Idaho’s anniversary-month annual report can change the registered agent if the agent line differs. The statute prices that report at no fee. The live change form’s paper surcharge is $20. The $100 commercial listing is still not that job: Idaho scorecard.
Sources for this page
- NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5, NMSA 1978 § 53-19-8, and NMSA 1978 § 53-19-9 (text read September 22, 2026), maintain a registered office and a registered agent; the agent is an individual resident, a domestic entity whose place of business is the registered office, or an authorized foreign entity; articles name the street and the agent; the filing includes the agent’s statement accepting the appointment
- NMSA 1978 § 53-19-63 (text read September 22, 2026), articles $50; LLC statement of change of registered office or registered agent, or both, $20; no recurring report line
- NMSA 1978 § 53-19-66.1, NMSA 1978 § 53-19-66.2, and 12.3.4.11 NMAC (retrieved September 22, 2026), domestic LLC documents are articles and the registered-agent statement; revocation after 30 days without an agent or 30 days without a change statement; reinstatement within two years relates back
- NMSA 1978 § 53-5-2 and 12.3.2.12 NMAC, the Corporate Reports Act biennial report is a corporation paper, not an LLC duty
- Rule 1-004 NMRA and NMSA 1978 § 38-1-5.1, service on an officer, a managing or general agent, the registered agent, or another authorized agent; if the agent is dead, removed, or cannot be found, service may be made on the Secretary of State
- New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services, the online portal, and the Business Search (retrieved September 22, 2026), 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300, Santa Fe; walk-in Monday through Thursday; Friday closed for walk-in Business Services; online and phone still available; hours line 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; all business filings online; public lookup at enterprise.sos.nm.gov
- Northwest Registered Agent, official registered-agent page, New Mexico product page, New Mexico LLC page, and office locations (retrieved September 22, 2026), $125/year; first year free only with formation; $100/year per state at five or more states; product page names an Albuquerque office and extra mail scans and does not print a change dollar; LLC page says no annual or biennial report and articles of $52; office-locations list Albuquerque, NM 87110 Bernalillo County, and no street
- Bizee, official registered-agent page, New Mexico product page, and contact (retrieved September 22, 2026), free year 1 with formation on the official card; standalone $149/year; year 2 $149/year; New Mexico page names a $50 filing fee and says no annual report is required; no New Mexico registered-agent street; Houston contact HQ is not a New Mexico registered-agent street
- LegalZoom, official registered-agent overview and New Mexico registered-agent article (retrieved September 22, 2026; article updated April 30, 2026), $249/year; New Mexico article claims Albuquerque and Los Alamos offices and publishes no LegalZoom street; it prints a $25 change fee and a paper filing to 325 Don Gaspar; the $100–$500 range is not a LegalZoom price
- ZenBusiness, official registered-agent page and New Mexico registered agent (retrieved September 22, 2026; New Mexico page last updated September 18, 2026), $99 + state fees year 1; $199 renewal, subject to change; New Mexico product page publishes no ZenBusiness street; it prints 325 Don Gaspar — a Secretary of State contact; it also prints a $20 LLC / $25 profit-corporation / $10 nonprofit change; national product currently excludes PLLCs and nonprofits