Section 9-501 - Filing office(a) 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 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 which is or is to become fixtures.Added 1999, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. 7/1/2001.