Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:9-501 Filing Office.

§490:9-501 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 bureau of conveyances, 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 bureau of conveyances. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures. [L 2000, c 241, pt of §1]

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