New Mexico does not offer a professional LLC

What New Mexico offers instead

How do you form a professional corporation in New Mexico instead?

1. 1

   Confirm every incorporator and shareholder is licensed

   One or more individuals, each licensed to render a professional service, may incorporate a professional corporation. Its shareholders may be only individuals licensed or otherwise legally authorised in New Mexico to render the same professional service, and it may be organised for only one specific type of professional service and ancillary services.

   Source: NMSA 1978, § 53-6-4 · NMSA 1978, § 53-6-3(B) · NMSA 1978, § 53-6-5

2. 2

   Include a professional designator in the name

   The corporate name of a professional corporation must contain the words "limited," "chartered," "professional association" or "professional corporation," or an abbreviation of those words.

   Source: NMSA 1978, § 53-6-6

3. 3

   File articles of incorporation online

   Incorporate in the manner provided in the Business Corporation Act by filing articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State and paying the filing fee set by the state. The office accepts business filings only online through its portal at enterprise.sos.nm.gov, not on paper.

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   Source: NMSA 1978, §§ 53-6-4, 53-12-2 · NM SOS Business Services

4. 4

   Keep a New Mexico registered agent and office

   The corporation must continuously maintain a registered office in New Mexico and a registered agent: an individual resident whose business office is the registered office, or a domestic corporation or authorised foreign corporation with a business office identical to it.

   What New Mexico requires of your agent, and how we serve as it ›

   Source: NMSA 1978, § 53-11-11

5. 5

   File the initial and biennial corporate reports

   File a corporate report with the Secretary of State within thirty days after the certificate of incorporation is issued, and biennially after that on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the end of the taxable year.

   Source: NMSA 1978, § 53-5-2(A)

Steps checked against the sources linked under each one on 12 November 2026.

Which occupations does New Mexico treat as professional?

An enumerated list that is expressly non-exhaustive. NMSA 1978, § 53-6-3(A): a professional service is any personal service to the public that requires a license or other legal authorisation as a condition of rendering it and that, before the Act and by reason of law, could not be performed by a corporation; the term 'includes, but is not necessarily limited to' certified public accountants, registered public accountants, chiropractors, optometrists, dentists, osteopaths, podiatrists, architects, veterinarians, doctors of medicine, doctors of dentistry, physicians and surgeons, attorneys-at-law and life insurance agents. A professional corporation is organised 'for the sole and specific purpose' of rendering professional service, with only shareholders licensed in New Mexico to render the same service (§ 53-6-3(B)), and for one specific type of professional service and ancillary services (§ 53-6-5).

Does the agent requirement differ from an ordinary New Mexico LLC’s?

No. New Mexico sets no separate agent requirement for a professional entity — it is the same requirement an ordinary New Mexico LLC files under.

Why New Mexico answers this way

New Mexico has a Professional Corporation Act but no professional limited liability company statute. The Secretary of State's list of the acts governing business names 'Professional Corporations 53-6-1 to 53-6-14' and 'Limited Liability Companies 53-19-1 to 53-19-74' and no professional-LLC act; the LLC Act contains no professional-company provision, and § 53-19-6 says an LLC 'may conduct or promote any lawful business or purpose' and, where its purpose makes it subject to other laws, is also subject to them. A licensed professional who uses an LLC forms an ordinary one under the ordinary name rule (§ 53-19-3) and answers to the licensing board separately. All business filings are made online at enterprise.sos.nm.gov; the office no longer accepts paper.