Section 9501 - Filing office(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), 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 either of the following:(1) The office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if either of the following conditions is satisfied: (A) The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut.(B) The financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures.(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.EFFECTIVE 7/01/2001. Added10/10/1999 (Bill Number: SB 45) (Chapter 991).