{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-84-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 84-9-501","heading":"Filing office.","body":"(a) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the 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: (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 84.—UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","Article 9.—SECURED TRANSACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch84/084_009_0501.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:38Z","sha256":"6cc1644eb2938eb9334f876f2aab2eb32a3ecc239bc335f9314fa209051e30b6","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-84-9-409","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-84-9-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}