{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-47-9501","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 47-9501","heading":"Filing office","body":"A. 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\n1. The office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:\n\n(a) The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or\n\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\n2. 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\nB. 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 that is or is to become fixtures.","path":["Title 47 Weights and Measures"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/47/09501.htm","current_through":"57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (effective 2027-01-01); mirror section count 24991","vintage":"2026-09-15","retrieved_at":"2026-09-26T04:29:04Z","sha256":"3a2ff0e5be256305e83b5b7baa14bd30b00c330f66b33f482314bda0df400557","source_id":"us-az","stale":false,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-47-9409","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-47-9502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}