(a) Filing offices. — Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), 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 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.
(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 Secretary of 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.
Structure Delaware Code
Article 9. Secured Transactions
§ 9-503. Name of debtor and secured party.
§ 9-504. Indication of collateral.
§ 9-506. Effect of errors or omissions.
§ 9-507. Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement.
§ 9-508. Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement.
§ 9-509. Persons entitled to file a record.
§ 9-510. Effectiveness of filed record.
§ 9-511. Secured party of record.
§ 9-512. Amendment of financing statement.
§ 9-513. Termination statement.
§ 9-514. Assignment of powers of secured party of record.
§ 9-515. Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.
§ 9-516. What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing.
§ 9-517. Effect of indexing errors.
§ 9-518. Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record.
§ 9-520. Acceptance and refusal to accept record.
§ 9-521. Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment.
§ 9-522. Maintenance and destruction of records.
§ 9-523. Information from filing office; sale or license of records.