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A.R.S. § 47-9501

Filing office

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 742 F. Supp. 308 - Glamorgan Coal Corp. v. Bowen (1990)

Most recently applied in 742 F. Supp. 308 - Glamorgan Coal Corp. v. Bowen (July 1990)

A. 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:

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 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 that is or is to become fixtures.

Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.