{"code":"COM","codeName":"Commercial Code","section":"9501","citation":"Com. Code, § 9501","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 9. SECURED TRANSACTIONS [9101. - 9907.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/commercial-code/division-9"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Filing [9501. - 9528.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/commercial-code/division-9/chapter-5"}],"history":"Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991, Sec. 35.   Effective January 1, 2000.   Operative July 1, 2001, by Sec. 75 of Ch. 991 and Section 9701.","effective":"2000-01-01","html":"<p>(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:</p><p>(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:</p><p>(A) The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut.</p><p>(B) The financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures.</p><p>(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.</p><p>(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.</p>","text":"(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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/commercial-code/filing-9501","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}