{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-28-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 28-9-501","heading":"Filing office.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, 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 or any office duly authorized by 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) 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 a fixture.","path":["TITLE 28 COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS","CHAPTER 9 SECURED TRANSACTIONS","PART 5. FILING"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title28/t28ch9/sect28-9-501/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:18:21Z","sha256":"72647734d483e0a12fb6ef5024b545bc642b3502412f341e5594bc08a9c3a7c1","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-28-9-409","next":"us-id/idaho-code-28-9-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}