§ 409.501 — Filing office.

Wisconsin § 409.501

• Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
• Ch. 409: Uniform commercial code — secured transactions
• Subch.: subch. V of ch. 409 SUBCHAPTER V

Text

409.501
409.501(1) (1) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) , 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:
409.501(1)(a) (a) The office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:
409.501(1)(a)1. 1. The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or
409.501(1)(a)2. 2. The financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or
409.501(1)(b) (b) The office of the department of financial institutions or any office duly authorized by the department, 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.
409.501(2) (2) 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 department of financial institutions. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.

Legislative History

409.501 History History: 2001 a. 10 .