62A.9A-501 - Filing office. - Washington Statutes

Filing office.

(a) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, 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 department of licensing, 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) 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 department of licensing. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.

[2000 c 250 § 9A-501.]