Alabama § 7-9A-501 Filing Office

Alabama Statutes

§ 7-9A-501 — Filing Office

Alabama § 7-9A-501

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 7Commercial Code

Art. 9ASecured Transactions

Div. 1Filing; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement

Part 5Filing

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Ala. Code § 7-9A-501 (2026).

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(a)Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the local law of this State governs perfection of a security interest or agricultural lien, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect the security interest or agricultural lien is:

(1)the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:

(A)the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or

(B)the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or

(2)the office of the Secretary of State, in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing.

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(a) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the local law of this State governs perfection of a security interest or agricultural lien, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect the security interest or agricultural lien is:
(1) the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:
(A) the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or
(B) the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or
(2) the office of the Secretary of State, in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing.
(b) Filing office for transmitting utilities. The office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest in collateral, including fixtures, of a transmitting utility is the office of the Secretary of State. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.