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Utah · Through 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 70A-9a-501: Filing office.

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  1. Title 70A Uniform Commercial Code
  2. Chapter 70A-9a Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions
  3. Part 70A-9a-5 Filing

(1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (2), 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:

(a) the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:

(i) the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or

(ii) the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or

(b) the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, 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 Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.

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