{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-62a.9a-501","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 62A.9A-501","heading":"Filing office.","body":"(a) Filing offices. 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 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 department of licensing, 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 department of licensing. 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 62A","Chapter 62A.9A"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=62A.9A-501","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:39:28Z","sha256":"191b0e6303ec61fd139ee387a5d7c25351012b3a166dc936e8c95c5c9daa759e","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-62a.9a-409","next":"us-wa/rcw-62a.9a-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}