{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-336.9-501","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 336.9-501","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 central filing system operated by 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 central filing system operated by 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":["TRADE REGULATIONS, CONSUMER PROTECTION","CHAPTER 336. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","SUBPART 4. RIGHTS OF BANK","Part 5 FILING SUBPART 1. FILING OFFICE; CONTENTS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/336.9-501","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:43Z","sha256":"be9b17b33de5e090ddf5ff59e2b45ab967813992988fa38c12a7c0941e45c0b2","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-336.9-413","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-336.9-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}