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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72400</law_id><section_number>8.9A-501</section_number><catch_line>Filing office</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-775.1</reference><reference>13.1-936.1</reference><reference>43-34.1</reference><reference>55.1-407</reference><reference>56-249.6:1</reference><reference>56-249.6:2</reference><reference>56-249.8</reference><reference>8.9A-102</reference><reference>8.9A-109</reference><reference>8.9A-502</reference><reference>8.9A-512</reference><reference>8.9A-516</reference><reference>8.9A-519</reference><reference>8.9A-520</reference><reference>8.9A-705</reference><reference>8.9A-706</reference><reference>8.9A-707</reference><reference>8.9A-805</reference><reference>8.9A-806</reference><reference>8.9A-807</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.9A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Secured Transactions</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Filing</unit><unit label="subpart" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Filing Office, Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the local <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest or agricultural <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect the security interest or agricultural <span class="dictionary">lien</span> is: <a id="paragraph-260789" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-501/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if: <a id="paragraph-260790" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-501/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> is as-extracted <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> or timber to be cut; or <a id="paragraph-260791" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-501/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or <a id="paragraph-260792" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-501/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">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 <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing. <a id="paragraph-260793" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-501/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Filing office for transmitting utilities. The office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest in <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures. <a id="paragraph-260794" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-501/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1996, c. 216, &#xA7; 8.9-401; 2000, c. 1007.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
