North Dakota Code 41-09-72 – (9-501) Filing office
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, 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:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 41-09-72
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
a. The office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:
(1) The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or
(2) The financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or
b. The office of the recorder in any county in this state or in 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.
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. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.
3. The secretary of state shall provide an electronic means for filing any record required or permitted to be filed by this title. This may include use of business-to-business methods using a common data format and must include a web-based application. Any record that is not filed electronically must be rejected.