Filing Office

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  1. 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:
      1. the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or
      2. 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.
  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 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.


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