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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\n\nthe office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:A\n\nthe collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; orB\n\nthe financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or2\n\nthe 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\n\nFiling office for transmitting utilities. 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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 216<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2000, chapter 1007<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77069,"section_number":"13.1-775.1","catch_line":"Annual registration fees to be paid by domestic and foreign corporations; penalty for failure to pay timely","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-775.1\/"},{"id":54764,"section_number":"13.1-936.1","catch_line":"Annual registration fees to be paid by domestic and foreign corporations; penalty for failure to pay timely","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-936.1\/"},{"id":77827,"section_number":"43-34.1","catch_line":"Lien of keeper of hangar or tie-down on aircraft subject to a chattel mortgage","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-34.1\/"},{"id":76968,"section_number":"55.1-407","catch_line":"Contracts, etc., void as to creditors and purchasers until recorded; priority of credit line deed of trust","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-407\/"},{"id":55979,"section_number":"56-249.6:1","catch_line":"Financing for certain deferred fuel costs; Phase I Utilities.","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-249.6_1\/"},{"id":74921,"section_number":"56-249.6:2","catch_line":"Financing for certain deferred fuel costs; Phase II Utilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-249.6_2\/"},{"id":55267,"section_number":"56-249.8","catch_line":"Financing for certain securitized asset costs; Phase I Utility","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-249.8\/"},{"id":58431,"section_number":"8.9A-102","catch_line":"Definitions and index of definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-102\/"},{"id":59732,"section_number":"8.9A-109","catch_line":"Scope","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-109\/"},{"id":70542,"section_number":"8.9A-502","catch_line":"Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-502\/"},{"id":87008,"section_number":"8.9A-512","catch_line":"Amendment of financing statement","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-512\/"},{"id":85389,"section_number":"8.9A-516","catch_line":"What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-516\/"},{"id":78231,"section_number":"8.9A-519","catch_line":"Numbering, maintaining, and indexing records; communicating information provided in records","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-519\/"},{"id":84214,"section_number":"8.9A-520","catch_line":"Acceptance and refusal to accept record","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-520\/"},{"id":70875,"section_number":"8.9A-705","catch_line":"Effectiveness of action taken before effective date","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-705\/"},{"id":71951,"section_number":"8.9A-706","catch_line":"When initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of financing statement","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-706\/"},{"id":65306,"section_number":"8.9A-707","catch_line":"Amendment of preeffective-date financing statement","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-707\/"},{"id":67737,"section_number":"8.9A-805","catch_line":"Effectiveness of action taken before July 1, 2013","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-805\/"},{"id":80193,"section_number":"8.9A-806","catch_line":"When initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of financing statement","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-806\/"},{"id":61137,"section_number":"8.9A-807","catch_line":"Amendment of pre-effective-date financing statement","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-807\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":284179,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72400,"identifier":"8.9A-501","token":"8.9A\/5\/1\/8.9A-501","url":"\/8.9A-501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-501\/","token":"8.9A\/5\/1\/8.9A-501","dublin_core":{"Title":"Filing office","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the local law<\/span> of the Commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest or agricultural lien<\/span>, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect the security interest or agricultural lien<\/span> is: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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2.<\/span> 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<\/span> is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Filing office for transmitting utilities. The office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest in collateral<\/span>, 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<\/span> indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFILING OFFICE (\u00a7 8.9A-501)\n\na. Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the local\nlaw of the Commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest or\nagricultural lien, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect\nthe security interest or agricultural lien is:\n\n 1. the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage\n on the related real property, if:\n\nA. the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or\n\nB. the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is\ngoods that are or are to become fixtures; or\n\n 2. the office of the State Corporation Commission or any office duly\n authorized by it, in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral\n is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not\n filed as a fixture filing.\n\nb. Filing office for transmitting utilities. The office in which to file a\nfinancing statement to perfect a security interest in collateral, including\nfixtures, of a transmitting utility is the office of the State Corporation\nCommission. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the\ncollateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become\nfixtures.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 216, \u00a7 8.9-401; 2000, c. 1007.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}