{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-490-3-205","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 490:3-205","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 490:3-110 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":["Hawaii Code","Division 2","Title 27","Chapter 490"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol11_Ch0476-0490/HRS0490/HRS_0490-0003-0205.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"d26920eea01862e6818b6bd0fb0f3b0fdfb383c03d910779843d16e8d7793207","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-490-3-204","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-490-3-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}