(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest or agricultural lien is:
(a) The office of the clerk of the circuit court, if:
1. The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or
2. The collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing.
(b) The Florida Secured Transaction Registry, in accordance with ss. 679.3011-679.3071, in all other cases, including cases 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, or the filing office authorized by s. 679.527 to accept filings for the Florida Secured Transaction Registry. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.
History.—s. 6, ch. 2001-198; s. 8, ch. 2002-242.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations
Chapter 679 - Uniform Commercial Code: Secured Transactions
Part V - Filing (Ss. 679.5011-679.527)
679.5031 - Name of debtor and secured party.
679.5041 - Indication of collateral.
679.5061 - Effect of errors or omissions.
679.5071 - Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement.
679.508 - Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement.
679.509 - Persons entitled to file a record.
679.510 - Effectiveness of filed record.
679.511 - Secured party of record.
679.512 - Amendment of financing statement.
679.513 - Termination statement.
679.514 - Assignment of powers of secured party of record.
679.515 - Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.
679.516 - What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing.
679.517 - Effect of indexing errors.
679.518 - Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record.
679.520 - Acceptance and refusal to accept record.
679.521 - Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment.
679.522 - Maintenance and destruction of records.
679.523 - Information from filing office; sale or license of records.
679.524 - Delay by filing office.