Section 55-9-501 - Filing office.

55-9-501. Filing office.

(a)     Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b) of this section, 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 of the county clerk where a record of a mortgage on the related real property would be recorded 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 which is or is to become fixtures.