{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-57a-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 57A-9-501","heading":"Office for filing financing statement for security interest or agricultural lien.","body":"(a) 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) 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.\nSource: SL 2000, ch 231.","path":["TITLE 57A. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 57A-9. SECURED TRANSACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/57A-9-501","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"a2389639992ebb59690fcd296bb10f9677078520da2bd65f5e2bd23c432896e2","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-57a-9-409","next":"us-sd/sdcl-57a-9-501.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}