{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42a-3-205","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42a-3-205","heading":"Special endorsement. Blank endorsement. Anomalous endorsement.","body":"(a) If an endorsement is made by the holder of an instrument, whether payable to an identified person or payable to bearer, and the endorsement identifies a person to whom it makes the instrument payable, it is a “special endorsement”. When specially endorsed, an instrument becomes payable to the identified person and may be negotiated only by the endorsement of that person. The principles stated in section 42a-3-110 apply to special endorsements.\n(b) If an endorsement is made by the holder of an instrument and is not a special endorsement, it is a “blank endorsement”. When endorsed in blank, an instrument becomes payable to bearer and may be negotiated by transfer of possession alone until specially endorsed.\n(c) The holder may convert a blank endorsement that consists only of a signature into a special endorsement by writing, above the signature of the endorser, words identifying the person to whom the instrument is made payable.\n(d) “Anomalous endorsement” means an endorsement made by a person who is not the holder of the instrument. An anomalous endorsement does not affect the manner in which the instrument may be negotiated.","path":["TITLE 42a. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","ARTICLE 3*. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS","PART 2. NEGOTIATION, TRANSFER AND ENDORSEMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/art_003.htm#sec_42a-3-205","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:15Z","sha256":"97e07fbff51afd14036d860b5c2b0b2950b5f5d600078b029e1a0480402ce786","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42a-3-204","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42a-3-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}