The New Mexico LLC Act (NMSA 1978 § 53-19-1 et seq.) governs the cheapest US anonymous LLC - $50 to form, no annual report, no annual fee. This Anonymousllc.co reference covers the Articles of Organization under § 53-19-65, the anonymity rules, the charging-order profile under § 53-19-35, banking trade-offs, and the $347 all-in cost, with primary-source citations to the statute throughout.
Codified at Chapter 53, Article 19 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978. § 53-19-65 governs Articles of Organization; the Act does not require member/manager disclosure.
Open full text →The New Mexico LLC Act is codified at NMSA 1978 § 53-19-1 through § 53-19-74 and governs the cheapest US anonymous-LLC jurisdiction: a $50 state fee, no annual report, and no annual fee. The Act is shorter than Wyoming's or Delaware's but covers the same essentials. Its headline feature is what it omits. New Mexico is the only US state with no LLC annual report and no annual franchise tax, which is why its lifetime cost is the lowest of the four anonymous states. The Act's core provisions are § 53-19-65 for the Articles of Organization and § 53-19-35 for the charging order. New Mexico's strength is low-cost anonymity; its relative weakness is a less battle-tested asset-protection statute than Wyoming or Nevada. Anonymousllc.co forms a New Mexico LLC for $347 all-in ($297 service fee plus the $50 state fee).
NMSA 1978 § 53-19-65 requires the Articles of Organization to state the LLC name, the registered agent's New Mexico address, the principal office address, and the management structure - members and managers are not required. The filing fee is $50, the lowest of any anonymous-LLC state. Because the Articles omit any owner listing, no member or manager appears on the public record from the moment of formation. The organizer signs the Articles; the beneficial owners stay off the filing. Processing runs 5-15 business days at the New Mexico Secretary of State. Anonymousllc.co files under § 53-19-65 through its New Mexico registered-agent partner, so the owner never appears in the public record.
New Mexico anonymity is the cleanest of the four states: no member or manager disclosure on the Articles under § 53-19-65, and no annual report to re-disclose ownership later. Formed once, an NM LLC never files owner information with the state again. The absence of an annual report is the structural key. In every other state, a yearly filing re-collects manager or member data; New Mexico has no such filing, so there is no recurring disclosure point. The only party tied to an NM LLC on public records is the registered agent - a commercial name and New Mexico street address. Beneficial owners live in the private operating agreement, the bank's records under BSA/CIP, and IRS records via the EIN responsible party.
New Mexico requires no LLC annual report or annual fee because nothing in NMSA 1978 § 53-19 imposes a periodic filing - the requirement is absent by design. This makes New Mexico the only US state with zero ongoing state cost for an LLC. The practical result is that an NM LLC's only recurring cost is the registered agent (Anonymousllc.co bundles year one, then $100/year). There is no annual state fee, no franchise tax, and no annual report deadline to miss. This absence drives both the cost advantage and the privacy advantage: no annual filing means no annual disclosure and no annual fee. It is the single reason New Mexico beats Wyoming, Delaware, and Nevada on lifetime cost.
NMSA § 53-19-35 recognizes the charging order as a creditor's remedy, but the Act does not make it the exclusive remedy - a weaker asset-protection profile than Wyoming, Nevada, or Delaware. For asset-protection-first buyers, Wyoming is the safer pick. A charging order lets a creditor reach distributions the LLC makes to a debtor-member, without seizing the membership interest. Where a statute makes this the exclusive remedy, a creditor cannot foreclose on the interest; New Mexico's statute lacks that explicit exclusivity language. New Mexico also has fewer reported decisions interpreting its charging-order statute, which leaves more legal uncertainty in edge cases. For an online or passive business where litigation risk is low, this rarely matters; for high-asset litigation exposure, Wyoming's clearer statute is the stronger choice.
A New Mexico LLC costs $50 in state fees to form and $0 per year to maintain, plus the $100/year registered agent. Anonymousllc.co's all-in price is $347 ($297 service fee plus the $50 state fee), the cheapest of the four anonymous states. The $347 package includes the registered agent for year one, an operating agreement drafted to NMSA Chapter 53-19 defaults, the EIN, and 4-5 US bank applications. No annual report reminder is needed because New Mexico requires none. Compared with Wyoming ($397 plus a $60 minimum license tax), Delaware ($407 plus a $300 franchise tax), and Nevada ($722 plus about $350/year), New Mexico wins outright on both formation and lifetime cost. The only recurring line is the registered agent.
New Mexico LLCs face moderately harder banking than Wyoming because the state generates far fewer LLCs, so underwriters see it less. Mercury, Relay, and Bluevine all accept New Mexico LLCs, and Anonymousllc.co's 4-5 bank application workflow succeeds in over 90% of cases. Some traditional banks - Chase, Bank of America - want an in-person branch visit before opening an account for an NM LLC, which is impractical for non-residents. The neobanks that serve remote and non-resident founders do not. Anonymousllc.co mitigates the lower familiarity by submitting to 4-5 banks in parallel and sometimes adding one or two alternatives specific to New Mexico. A founder whose priority is banking compatibility can choose Wyoming instead, which the neobanks favor slightly.
New Mexico and Wyoming are equally anonymous on public records - neither requires member or manager disclosure - but they diverge on cost and asset protection. New Mexico is the cheapest path to anonymity; Wyoming is the strongest. New Mexico wins on price: $347 total plus $100/year, with no annual report, versus Wyoming's $397 plus a $60 license tax and annual report. For a budget-driven online business, New Mexico is the efficient choice. Wyoming wins on protection and banking: explicit charging-order exclusivity for single-member LLCs, a deeper body of case law, and slightly stronger neobank familiarity. Anonymousllc.co matches the state to the buyer - New Mexico for cost, Wyoming for protection.
Anonymousllc.co files the Articles of Organization under § 53-19-65 through its New Mexico registered-agent partner, appoints the registered agent for year one, drafts the operating agreement, obtains the EIN, and submits 4-5 US bank applications. The all-in price is $347. The EIN is obtained online for US residents and by fax on Form SS-4 for non-residents, with no SSN required. Banking runs to Mercury, Relay, and Bluevine, sometimes with one or two New Mexico-specific alternatives added. No year-two annual-report reminder is needed because New Mexico has none; only the registered agent renews, billed before the LLC's anniversary. Start on WhatsApp and the team confirms scope and sends a one-page quote.
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