{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-409.501","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 409.501","heading":"Filing office.","body":"(1) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2), 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(a) The office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:\n1. The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or\n2. The financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or\n(b) The office of the department of financial institutions or any office duly authorized by the department, 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(2) 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 department of financial institutions. 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":["Chs. 401-411, Uniform Commercial Code","Chapter 409 Uniform Commercial Code — Secured Transactions","SUBCHAPTER V FILING"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/409.501","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:22Z","sha256":"359789f65bd92e7e3963e7962110cf65df85bcd7a844d93a9e73320bb81809db","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-409.409","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-409.502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}