Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 95 - Filing
Section 9501 - Filing office


(a) Filing offices.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the local law of this Commonwealth 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 one of the following:
(1) The office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property if:
(i) the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or
(ii) the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods which are or are to become fixtures.
(2) The office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods which 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 the Commonwealth. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.

Cross References. Section 9501 is referred to in sections 9102, 9109, 9502, 9512, 9516, 9519, 9520, 9523, 9525, 9706, 9707, 9806, 9807 of this title.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE

Chapter 95 - Filing

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 9501 - Filing office

Section 9502 - Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement

Section 9503 - Name of debtor and secured party

Section 9504 - Indication of collateral

Section 9505 - Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, other bailments and other transactions

Section 9506 - Effect of errors or omissions

Section 9507 - Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement

Section 9508 - Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement

Section 9509 - Persons entitled to file a record

Section 9510 - Effectiveness of filed record

Section 9511 - Secured party of record

Section 9512 - Amendment of financing statement

Section 9513 - Termination statement

Section 9514 - Assignment of powers of secured party of record

Section 9515 - Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement

Section 9516 - What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing

Section 9517 - Effect of indexing errors

Section 9518 - Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record

Section 9519 - Numbering, maintaining and indexing records; communicating information provided in records

Section 9520 - Acceptance and refusal to accept record

Section 9521 - Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment

Section 9522 - Maintenance and destruction of records

Section 9523 - Information from filing office; sale or license of records

Section 9524 - Delay by filing office

Section 9525 - Fees

Section 9526 - Filing-office rules

Section 9527 - Duty to report