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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 355.9-501: Filing office.

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    (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, if the local law of

    this Commonwealth 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:

    (a) The office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on

    the related real property, if:

    1. The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or

    2. The financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is

    goods that are or are to become fixtures; or

    (b) 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.

    (2) 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 fixtu re filing as to the collateral

    indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.

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