Cal. Commercial Code § 9501
Cal. Commercial Code § 9501
California · California Commercial Code · Status: effective · Effective 2000-01-01
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- Cal. Commercial Code § 9501, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/790692
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(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.