{"data":{"id":"us-il/810-ilcs-5-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"810 ILCS 5/9-501","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":["CHAPTER 810 COMMERCIAL CODE","Uniform Commercial Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=2301\u0026ChapterID=66\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:47Z","sha256":"0986d81b63a81d240914db98bd5f9a89afae3ae7dd9fdd66d4ceed199cf744a9","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/810-ilcs-5-9-410","next":"us-il/810-ilcs-5-9-501.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}