{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-554.9501","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 554.9501","heading":"Filing office.","body":"1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, 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:\na. the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:\n(1) the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or\n(2) the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or\nb. 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.\n2. 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 XIII - COMMERCE (Ch. 505 - 554I)","Chapter 554 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","Article 9 - SECURED TRANSACTIONS","Part 5 - FILING","Subpart A - FILING OFFICE — CONTENTS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/554.9501.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:15Z","sha256":"c592e12c9f91b2581509db25a4cfb24568b48bf21fca57100251a686821cc9e9","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-554.9409","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-554.9502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}