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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 12A. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE

  § 12A-1-9-501. Filing office.  

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  • FILING OFFICE

    (a)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, 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:

    (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 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 county clerk of Oklahoma County, 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)  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 pursuant to Sections 17 and 18 of Title 46 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.

Added by Laws 2000, c. 371, § 79, eff. July 1, 2001.