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New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 53 > Article 20 > § 53-20-3 - Certificate of authority; necessity to obtain to transact business; what constitutes not transacting business

A. A foreign business trust shall not transact business in this state unless it first obtains a certificate of authority from the public regulation commission. A foreign business trust is not entitled to obtain a certificate of authority to transact a business in this state that it is not permitted to transact in the state or country in which it was created.

B. The following activities do not constitute transacting business within the meaning of Subsection A of this section:

(1) maintaining, defending or effecting the settlement of an action, suit or administrative or arbitration proceeding, or effecting the settlement of claims or disputes;

(2) maintaining bank accounts;

(3) maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange and registration of its securities, or appointing and maintaining trustees or depositories with relation to its securities;

(4) soliciting or procuring orders when the orders require acceptance outside of this state before becoming binding contracts;

(5) transacting business in interstate commerce;

(6) holding meetings of the board of trustees or holders of beneficial interest or carrying on other activities concerning internal affairs;

(7) selling through independent contractors;

(8) creating or procuring indebtedness, mortgages and security interests in real and personal property;

(9) conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within a period of thirty days and not in the course of a number of repeated transactions of a similar nature;

(10) securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts; or

(11) owning without more, real or personal property.

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