Section 47-A. Place of filing

An assignment of future earnings or a true
  copy thereof authenticated by a notary public or commissioner of  deeds,
  together  with  an  itemized statement setting forth the amount then due
  the assignee and the date and amount of payments theretofore  made  upon
  the  indebtedness, may be filed in the office of the county clerk of the
  county in which the assignor resides at the time of the filing  thereof,
  if  he  resides within the state, and if he resides without the state or
  his residence is unknown, in the county where the assignor  is  employed
  at  the time of the filing thereof.  If the assignor is employed without
  the state and his residence is without the  state  or  is  unknown,  the
  assignment or authenticated true copy thereof and accompanying statement
  may be filed in the county where the assignor resided at the time of the
  execution thereof.