§ 4-9-501 — Filing office

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of
this section, 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) 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.

(c) The office in which to file an effective financing statement pursuant to
article 9.5 of this title is the office of the secretary of state.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2001: Entire article R&RE, p. 1378, � 1, effective July 1.