{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-501","heading":"Filing offices.","body":"(a)\tFiling offices. - 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)\tThe office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:\na.\tThe collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or\nb.\tThe financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or\n(2)\tThe 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)\tFiling 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. (1866-7, c. 1, s. 1; 1872-3, c. 133, s. 1; Code, s. 1799; 1893, c. 9; Rev., s. 2052; C.S., s. 2480; 1925, c. 302, s. 1; 1927, c. 22; 1935, c. 205; 1945, c. 182, s. 3; c. 196, s. 2; 1955, c. 816; 1957, cc. 564, 999; 1961, c. 574; 1965, c. 700, s. 1; 1975, c. 862, s. 7; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1116, ss. 41, 42; 1989, c. 523, s. 3; 2000-169, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 25. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 9. Secured Transactions.","Part 5. Filing."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_25/GS_25-9-501.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:47Z","sha256":"1c8a3f67c227118f667591a2ddad5e0c80bd5debaba7ee041ccd799c32f8b6e1","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-409","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}