{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 46-9-501","heading":"SUBPART 1. FILING OFFICE; CONTENTS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT.","body":"§46-9-501. Filing office.\n(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 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) 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 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":["CHAPTER 46. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.","ARTICLE 9. SECURED TRANSACTIONS; SALES OF ACCOUNTS AND CHATTEL PAPER.","Part 5. Filing."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/46-9-501/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:55Z","sha256":"5a47edc2c29cc2948e2bc13314a72258e00406819fcddff03db3ddcd57abaf52","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-9-409","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-9-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}