{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 6A-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(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 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 6A Uniform Commercial Code","Chapter 9 Secured Transactions","Part 5 Filing","Subpart 1 Filing Office; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE6A/6A-9/6A-5/6A-1/6A-9-501.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T18:32:24Z","sha256":"9dc12ff4e45eb5b42b22f569a7018e29ebfe688a7b93074d4d5a38e169408495","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-9-409","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-9-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}