9501 - Filing office.
CHAPTER 95 FILING Subchapter A. Filing Office; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement B. Duties and Operation of Filing Office Enactment. Chapter 95 was added June 8, 2001, P.L.123, No.18, effective July 1, 2001. Prior Provisions. Former Chapter 95, which related to default, was added November 1, 1979, P.L.255, No.86, and repealed June 8, 2001, P.L.123, No.18, effective July 1, 2001. Cross References. Chapter 95 is referred to in sections 9705, 9706 of this title. SUBCHAPTER A FILING OFFICE; CONTENTS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT Sec. 9501. Filing office. 9502. Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement. 9503. Name of debtor and secured party. 9504. Indication of collateral. 9505. Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, other bailments and other transactions. 9506. Effect of errors or omissions. 9507. Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement. 9508. Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement. 9509. Persons entitled to file a record. 9510. Effectiveness of filed record. 9511. Secured party of record. 9512. Amendment of financing statement. 9513. Termination statement. 9514. Assignment of powers of secured party of record. 9515. Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement. 9516. What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing. 9517. Effect of indexing errors. 9518. Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record. § 9501. Filing office. (a) Filing offices.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the local law of this Commonwealth 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 one of the following: (1) 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 which are or are to become fixtures. (2) The office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods which are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing. (b) 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 the Commonwealth. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures. Cross References. Section 9501 is referred to in sections 9102, 9109, 9502, 9512, 9516, 9519, 9520, 9523, 9525, 9706, 9707 of this title.