Maine Revised Statutes Title 11. Uniform Commercial Code § 9-1501. Filing office
Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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(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
(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.
(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.
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