Section 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.

Code 1981, § 11-9-501, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 362, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 995, § 6.