{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-4-3-205","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 4-3-205","heading":"Special indorsement; blank indorsement; anomalous indorsement.","body":"(a) If an indorsement is made by the holder of an instrument, whether payable to an identified person or payable to bearer, and the indorsement identifies a person to whom it makes the instrument payable, it is a \"special indorsement.\" When specially indorsed, an instrument becomes payable to the identified person and may be negotiated only by the indorsement of that person. The principles stated in section 4-3-110 apply to special indorsements.\n\n(b) If an indorsement is made by the holder of an instrument and it is not a special indorsement, it is a \"blank indorsement.\" When indorsed in blank, an instrument becomes payable to bearer and may be negotiated by transfer of possession alone until specially indorsed.\n\n(c) The holder may convert a blank indorsement that consists only of a signature into a special indorsement by writing, above the signature of the indorser, words identifying the person to whom the instrument is made payable.\n\n(d) \"Anomalous indorsement\" means an indorsement made by a person who is not the holder of the instrument. An anomalous indorsement does not affect the manner in which the instrument may be negotiated.","path":["Title 4 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments","Part 2 - NEGOTIATION, TRANSFER, AND INDORSEMENT"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-04.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"b909ae08362a5d14d9a247af257d8b4975edb5e79b79d5f80cd68409f84bb5aa","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-4-3-204","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-4-3-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}