Title 11, Chapter 9, Section 501
( 11-9-501)
Filing office. (a) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b)
of this Code section, if the 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: (A) The collateral is as-extracted collateral, crops, 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 clerk of the superior court of any county of
this 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) 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 clerk of the superior court of any county of this
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. |