{"data":{"id":"us-pa/13-pa.c.s.-9501","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"13 Pa.C.S. § 9501","heading":"Filing office.","body":"(a) Filing offices.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the local law of this Commonwealth 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 one of the following:\n(1) The office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property if:\n(i) the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or\n(ii) the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods which are or are to become fixtures.\n(2) The office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods which 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 the Commonwealth. 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 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 95 FILING","SUBCHAPTER A FILING OFFICE; CONTENTS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=13\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=95\u0026sctn=1\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2025-12-01 (Statute Update stamp, 13 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:03Z","sha256":"cf0660eece481474a994f633529a4e5a43da9f7f911e87105ae50b64710e950a","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/13-pa.c.s.-9409","next":"us-pa/13-pa.c.s.-9502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}