2013 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 11: UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
Article 9-A: TRANSACTIONS
11 §9-1501. Filing office

Part 5: FILING
Subpart 1: FILING OFFICE; CONTENTS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT

9-1501. Filing office

(1). Except as otherwise provided in subsection (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:

(a). The registry of deeds for the county in which the related real property is located, if:

(i) The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or

(ii) The financing statement is recorded as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or [1999, c. 699, Pt. A, 2 (NEW); 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, 4 (AFF).]

(b). 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. [1999, c. 699, Pt. A, 2 (NEW); 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, 4 (AFF).]

[ 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, 2 (NEW); 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, 4 (AFF) .]

(2). 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 Secretary of State. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement that is or is to become fixtures.

[ 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, 2 (NEW); 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, 4 (AFF) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1999, c. 699, A2 (NEW). 1999, c. 699, A4 (AFF).