Section 409.501. Filing office.

 

(1)   Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (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 office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:

1. The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or

2. The financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or

(b) The office of the department of financial institutions or any office duly authorized by the department, 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)   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 department of financial institutions. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.

2001 a. 10 .