Tennessee § 47-9-501 - Filing office.
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§ 47-9-501. Filing office.
Filing offices. 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: the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if: 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 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. Filing office for transmitting utilities. 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. Acts 2000, ch. 846, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Former part 5, §§ 47-9-501 — 47-9-507 (Acts 1963, ch. 81, § 1 (9-501 — 9-507 ); 1985, ch. 404, §§ 31-34), concerning default, was repealed and replaced in the revision of chapter 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code by Acts 2000, ch. 846, § 1, effective July 1, 2001. Cross-References. Agricultural production input, title 43, ch. 31. Tennessee State Revenue Sharing Act, fund for county technical assistance service in the institute for public service, § 67-9-102 . Transition provisions, title 47, ch. 9, part 7. Prior Tennessee Law: §§ 47-1005, 64-908, 64-1803. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Agriculture, § 4; 4 Tenn. Juris., Automobiles, § 24; 4 Tenn. Juris., Bankruptcy, § 6; 6 Tenn. Juris., Commercial Law, § 102. Law Reviews. The 1972 Amendments to Article Nine of the Uniform Commercial Code: Attachment and Enforceability, Future Advance, and Proceeds (George L. Dawson), 16 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 65 (1985). Cited: D.T. McCall & Sons v. Martelle (In re Martelle), — B.R. —, 2012 Bankr. LEXIS 2230 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. May 18, 2012).
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