70A-9a-501. Filing office.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (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:
(a) the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the
related real property, if:
(i) the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or
(ii) the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or
are to become fixtures; or
(b) the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, 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.
(2) The office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest in
collateral, including fixtures, of a transmitting utility is the Division of Corporations and
Commercial Code. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral
indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.
Enacted by Chapter 252, 2000 General Session
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