63-1-6. [Articles filed with public regulation commission; commencement of corporate existence.]
Said articles of incorporation, with the powers of attorney mentioned in § 63-1-3 NMSA 1978, if any such there be, and the affidavit mentioned in § 63-1-5 NMSA 1978 must be filed in the office of the state corporation commission [public regulation commission], and thereupon, the persons who have signed said articles, and their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name stated in said articles, for the term of years therein specified.