{"data":{"id":"us-de/6-del.-c.-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"6 Del. C. § 9-501","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 6. Commerce and Trade","SUBTITLE I","Uniform Commercial Code","ARTICLE 9. Secured Transactions","Part 5","Filing"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c009/sc05/index.html#9-501","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:06Z","sha256":"8830547b927d74672131356331823b48cff6dce8f513bbd0251afcf9f9c4e7be","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/6-del.-c.-9-409","next":"us-de/6-del.-c.-9-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}