{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:9-501","heading":"Filing office.","body":"(a)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the local law of the District 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)\nThe Recorder of Deeds, if:\n(A)\nThe collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or\n(B)\nThe financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or\n(2)\nThe Mayor 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\n(b)\nThe 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 Mayor. 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 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 9. Secured Transactions.","Part V. Filing.","Subpart 1. Filing Office; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:9-501","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"f3b7aed53eb01829f95c792c1707a9128c900a6d5bee359fd346f6f07b2f7b71","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-409","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}