1. Filing offices. 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:
- (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
- b. 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.
What constitutes filing, §554.9516 Duties and operation of filing office, §554.9519 – 554.9527
2000 Acts, ch 1149, §72, 185, 187
Referred to in §554.9102, §554.9109, §554.9502, §554.9512, §554.9516, §554.9519, §554.9522, §554.9806, §554.9807, §554B.1