355.9-501 Filing office. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, if the local law of this Commonwealth 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: (a) The office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if: 1. 2. The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or The financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or (b) 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. (2) 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 Effective: July 1, 2001 History: Repealed and reenacted 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 408, sec. 92, effective July 1, 2001. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 82, effective July 1, 1987. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec. 14. -- Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 9-501.