{"data":{"id":"us-nm/53-11-8","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"53-11-8","heading":"Reserved name.","body":"A. The exclusive right to the use of a corporate name may be reserved by:\n(1) any person intending to organize a corporation under the Business Corporation Act;\n(2) any domestic corporation intending to change its name;\n(3) any foreign corporation intending to make application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state;\n(4) any foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state and intending to change its name; or\n(5) any person intending to organize a foreign corporation and intending to have such corporation make application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.\nB. The reservation shall be made by filing with the commission [secretary of state] an application to reserve a specified corporate name, executed by the applicant. If the commission [secretary of state] finds that the name is available for corporate use, it shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of one hundred and twenty days.\nC. The right to the exclusive use of a specified corporate name so reserved may be transferred to any other person or corporation by filing in the office of the commission [secretary of state] a notice of transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved, and specifying the name and address of the transferee.","path":["Chapter 53 - Corporations","ARTICLE 11 Business Corporations; Substantive Provisions"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18556/index.do","current_through":"2025-06-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"4ed27a8349c05671fb9c02bd6b082e3c8393f42a303f9368c4155c7a706d5c76","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/53-11-7","next":"us-nm/53-11-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}