47-9501. Filing office
A. 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. 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 that is or is to become fixtures.
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