{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42a-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42a-9-501","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(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 the 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) 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 the 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.\n(c) Whenever there is a reference in this article to the filing of a record in the filing office described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, it shall be deemed to refer to the recording of a record in said office.","path":["TITLE 42a. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","ARTICLE 9*. SECURED TRANSACTIONS","PART 5*. FILING"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/art_009.htm#sec_42a-9-501","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:15Z","sha256":"3b2376d29b10b10766b216101ccce8e26deb056c21f411267bd8bff95bf5328d","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42a-9-409","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42a-9-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}