{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-8.9a-501","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 8.9A-501","heading":"Filing office","body":"(a) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the local law of the 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:(1) the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:(A) the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or(B) the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or(2) the office of the State Corporation Commission or any office duly authorized by it, 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.(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 State Corporation Commission. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.1996, c. 216, § 8.9-401; 2000, c. 1007.","path":["Title 8.9A. COMMERCIAL CODE — SECURED TRANSACTIONS","Part 5. FILING","Subpart 1. FILING OFFICE, CONTENTS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/8.9A-501/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:13:29Z","sha256":"9f327891a4cf3d9c331a18c759a8da8b92cc8b04cc4048dcfcdfe111bf8defe6","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-8.9a-409","next":"us-va/va.-code-8.9a-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}