Section 42a-9-501 - Filing office(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (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:(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 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 the 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 the 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.(c) Whenever there is a reference in this article to the filing of a record in the filing office described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, it shall be deemed to refer to the recording of a record in said office.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42a-9-501
(1959, P.A. 133, S. 9-501; P.A. 76-369, S. 36; P.A. 01-132, S. 72; P.A. 03-62, S. 9.)
Annotations to former section 42a-9-401: Cited. 182 Conn. 437. Cited. 25 CS 332; 31 Conn.Supp. 523; 35 Conn.Supp. 73. Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 398.