{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-382-a-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 382-A: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":["Title XXXIV-A: UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","Chapter Part 5: Filing"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXXIV-A/382-A/382-A-9-501.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T15:43:59Z","sha256":"cfac8f54155ffd8041a45ffcad79336b4ec5ff474cad9b0b7b3fc1e85b01b3dc","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-382-a-9-409","next":"us-nh/rsa-382-a-9-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}