{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-84-3-205","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 84-3-205","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 K.S.A. 84-3-311[84-3-110] apply to special endorsements.\n(b) If an endorsement is made by the holder of an instrument and it 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":["Chapter 84.—UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","Article 3.—NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch84/084_003_0205.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:34Z","sha256":"e7af2117f6ed616e85bac106af1ac8c233d1fabd3e1c6f90d0b3f853cdf40543","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-84-3-204","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-84-3-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}