O.C.G.A. § 11-9-501 — Filing office

(a) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, if the 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: (1) The office designated for the ﬁling or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if: (A) The collateral is as-extracted collateral, growing crops, or timber to be cut; or (B) The ﬁnancing statement is ﬁled as a ﬁxture ﬁling and the collateral is goods that are or are to become ﬁxtures; or (2) The office of the clerk of the superior court of any county of this 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. (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 the clerk of the superior court of any county of this 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. History. Code 1981, § 11-9-501, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 362, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 995, § 6. Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2002, p. 995, § 8, not codiﬁed by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective July 1, 2002, and shall apply to a letter of credit that is issued on or after July 1, 2002. This Act does not apply to a transaction, event, obligation, or duty arising out of or associated with a letter of credit that was issued before July 1, 2002.”