{"data":{"id":"us-vt/9a-v.s.a.-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"9A V.S.A. § 9—501","heading":"Filing office","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, 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 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.","path":["Title 9A: Uniform Commercial Code","Article 009: Secured Transactions"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/09A/009","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:57:21Z","sha256":"a78d88050ce5b3f1f64875cce29eabf6de3371e125bf696b5db8ae368d1782e1","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/9a-v.s.a.-9-409","next":"us-vt/9a-v.s.a.-9-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}