Tex.
Bus. & Com. Code Section 9.501
Filing Office
(a)
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)
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 that is or is to become fixtures.
Source:
Section 9.501 — Filing Office, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.9.htm#9.501
(accessed Jun. 5, 2024).