{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-45.29.501","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 45.29.501","heading":"Filing office.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this section, if the 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\n(1) the office designated for the recording of a mortgage on the related real property if\n(A) the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or\n(B) the financing statement is filed for record as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or\n(2) in all other cases, the central filing office of the Department of Natural Resources established under AS 44.37.027, including a case in which the collateral consists of goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed for record as a fixture filing.\n(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 central filing office of the Department of Natural Resources established under AS 44.37.027. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement that is or is to become fixtures.","path":["Title 45. Trade and Commerce.","Chapter 29. Secured Transactions.","Article 5. Filing."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#45.29.501","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:44Z","sha256":"39dcc528fec73a200d3d946f99585359377f4b63de6562d8bdc51295f763394b","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-45.29.409","next":"us-ak/as-45.29.502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}