Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-1-9-501
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Filing office
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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