Rhode Island General Laws
Subpart 1 - Filing Office; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement
Section 6A-9-501. - Filing office.

§ 6A-9-501. Filing office.
(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:
(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 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.
History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 182, § 6; P.L. 2000, ch. 420, § 6.

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