Section 11-9-501 - Filing office(a)Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, if the 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, growing crops, 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 clerk of the superior court of any county of this 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 clerk of the superior court of any county of this 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.Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 874,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2002.Added by 2001 Ga. Laws 191, §1, eff. 7/1/2001.