{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-7-9a-501","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 7-9A-501","heading":"Filing Office.","body":"(a) Filing offices. 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:\n(1) the office designated for the filing or recording of a record 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 as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or\n(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.\n(b) Filing office for transmitting utilities. 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.","path":["Title 7 Commercial Code.","Article 9A Secured Transactions.","Part 5 Filing.","Division 1 Filing; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=7-9A-501","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"509e060137c31e22595f1672fc3c07516767bf301285161eb4a9a63b79cf440c","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-7-9a-409","next":"us-al/ala.-code-7-9a-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}