(a) Notices of liens upon real property for taxes payable to the United States and certificates and all notices affecting such liens, including certificates of redemption, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the real property subject to a federal tax lien is located.

(b) Notices of liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for taxes payable to the United States and certificates and all notices affecting such liens, including certificates of redemption, shall be filed as follows:

(1) If the person against whose interest the tax lien applies is a corporation or partnership whose principal executive office is in this state, as these entities are defined in the internal revenue laws of the United States, in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the principal executive office is located; and

(2) In all other cases, in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county where the taxpayer resides at the time of the filing of the notice of lien.