A.Conditions of appearance. On compliance with the requirements of this rule, but only in association with an active member in good standing as a member of the State Bar of New Mexico, an attorney authorized to practice law in another United States jurisdiction or before the highest court of record in any country ("nonadmitted attorney") may perform legal services on behalf of a client or a party, even though the attorney is not licensed to practice law in this state unless otherwise excepted under Rule 16-505(F) NMRA. A nonadmitted attorney shall comply separately for each action, suit, proceeding, or transactional matter in which the nonadmitted attorney plans to perform legal services with the limitation that the nonadmitted attorney may not register more than five (5) times in any given calendar year.B.Registration certificate. For each action, suit, proceeding, or transactional matter in which the nonadmitted attorney intends to appear, the nonadmitted attorney shall file a registration certificate with the State Bar of New Mexico. Information related to the nonadmitted attorney's registration under this rule is publicly available. The nonadmitted attorney shall identify the proceeding in which the nonadmitted attorney intends to appear and the local counsel with whom the nonadmitted attorney is associating, and shall certify that (1) the nonadmitted attorney is admitted or licensed as an attorney in good standing in another United States jurisdiction or before the highest court of record in any country and shall submit a certificate of good standing from every jurisdiction in which the attorney is admitted or licensed;(2) the nonadmitted attorney has not been disciplined, suspended, or disbarred in any jurisdiction;(3) the nonadmitted attorney has not had a pro hac vice admission revoked in any jurisdiction;(4) the nonadmitted attorney will comply with applicable statutes, laws, and procedural rules of the state of New Mexico; and(5) the nonadmitted attorney will comply with the Rules of Professional Conduct, the Rules Governing Discipline, the Rules Governing the New Mexico Bar, and the rules governing civil, criminal, and appellate procedure approved by the Supreme Court, and will submit to the jurisdiction of the New Mexico courts and the Disciplinary Board with respect to acts and omissions occurring during the attorney's admission under this rule and with respect to the requirements of Rules 1-089.1, 2-107, 3-107, 5-108, 12-302, 16-104(C) and 24-106 NMRA;C.Process after disclosure of discipline.(1) If the nonadmitted attorney has been disciplined, suspended, or disbarred, or had a pro hac vice admission revoked in any jurisdiction, the nonadmitted attorney shall submit the details of the same to the Disciplinary Board for investigation and recommendation to the court in which the attorney seeks to practice pro hac vice.(2) During the pendency of the pro hac vice application or admission, should nonadmitted the attorney's status in any jurisdiction change the nonadmitted attorney shall immediately notify the court in which the attorney is practicing pro hac vice, the State Bar of New Mexico, and the Disciplinary Board for further action.D.Payment of fee. With the first registration certificate in any given calendar year, the nonadmitted attorney shall pay a non-refundable fee of five hundred dollars ($500) to the State Bar of New Mexico. For each subsequent registration certificate in a given calendar year, the nonadmitted attorney shall pay a fee of three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375). The fee shall be waived if (1) the nonadmitted attorney certifies that the attorney is employed by a governmental authority and will be performing legal services on behalf of a governmental authority in the proceeding for which the attorney is registering;(2) the nonadmitted attorney is employed by an agency providing legal services to indigent clients and will be performing legal services on behalf of an indigent client in the proceeding for which the attorney is registering; or(3) the nonadmitted attorney will otherwise be performing legal services on behalf of an indigent client in a proceeding for which the attorney is registering and will be charging no fee for the services. E.Use of fees. From the first fee collected in a given calendar year, the State Bar of New Mexico shall pay an amount equal to the annual disciplinary fee assessment under Rule 17-203(A) NMRA to the Disciplinary Board and an amount equal to the annual client protection assessment under Rule 17A-003 NMRA to the Client Protection Fund. From each fee collected under this rule, the State Bar of New Mexico may deduct an administrative and processing charge of not more than one hundred dollars ($100). The balance of all fees collected shall be held by the State Bar of New Mexico in a special fund to support the delivery of civil legal services to low-income persons. The Board of Bar Commissioners shall distribute all fees held in the special fund at least annually to nonprofit organizations providing or supporting the provision of civil legal services to low-income persons as recommended by the New Mexico Commission on Access to Justice and approved by the Supreme Court.Approved, effective 1/20/2005; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 13-8300-040, effective for all pro hac vice registration certificates filed on or after12/31/2013; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 22-8300-018, effective 12/31/2022; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. S-1-RCR-2023-00035, effective 1/1/2024. ANNOTATIONS The 2013 amendment, approved by Supreme Court Order No. 13-8300-040, effective December 31, 2013, provides for the practice of law in New Mexico of non-admitted lawyers; provided a limitation on the number of matters a non-admitted lawyer may undertake in each year; required local counsel to certify to the non-admitted lawyer's standing in other jurisdictions; required non-admitted lawyers to disclose disciplinary actions against them; increased the registration fee; provided for the distribution of the registration fee; in the title, after "lawyers", deleted "before state courts"; in Paragraph A, in the first sentence, after "('nonadmitted attorney') may", deleted "appear" and added "perform legal services", after "on behalf of a", deleted "party in any civil proceeding pending before a court of this state" and added "client or a party", and after "practice law in this state", added the remainder of the sentence, and in the second sentence, after "separately for each", deleted "civil action, suit or proceeding" and added "action, suit proceeding, or transactional matter", after "in which the attorney", deleted "intends to appear" and added the remainder of the sentence"; in Paragraph B, in the introductory paragraph, in the first sentence, after "For each", deleted "civil" and added "action, suit" and after "proceeding", added "or transactional matter", added the second sentence, and in the third sentence, added "The" and after "intends to appear", added "and the local counsel with whom the attorney is associating"; in Subparagraph (1), after "state or country", added the remainder of the sentence; added Subparagraph (2); in Subparagraph (3), at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "has or" and added "the attorney has not had" and after "has not had", deleted "any law license or" and added the remainder of the sentence; in Subparagraph (5), after "Professional Conduct", deleted "and", after "Rules Governing Discipline", added "the Rules Governing the New Mexico Bar, and the rules governing civil, criminal, and appellate procedure", and after "admission under this rule", added the remainder of the sentence; added Paragraph C; in Paragraph D, in the introductory paragraph, in the first sentence, after "With", deleted "each" and added "the first", after "registration certificate", added "in any given calendar year", and after "non-refundable fee of", deleted "two hundred fifty dollars ($250)" and added "four hundred fifty dollars ($450)", and added the second sentence; in Subparagraph (1), after "and will be", deleted "appearing" and added "performing legal services"; in Subparagraph (2), at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "that" and after "and will be", deleted "appearing" and added "performing legal services"; in Subparagraph (3), at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "that", after "will otherwise be", deleted "appearing" and added "performing legal services, and after "no fee for the", deleted "appearance" and added "services"; and in Paragraph E, added the first sentence, in the second sentence, after "not more than", deleted "ten dollars ($10)" and added the remainder of the sentence, and in the fourth sentence, after "services to the poor", deleted "and shall use the State Bar of New Mexico's state plan as a guide to distribution" and added the remainder of the sentence.