{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-336.3-205","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 336.3-205","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 336.3-110 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":["TRADE REGULATIONS, CONSUMER PROTECTION","CHAPTER 336. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","Article 3 NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS","Part 2 NEGOTIATION, TRANSFER, AND ENDORSEMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/336.3-205","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:43Z","sha256":"74ae31dd23c84159fbc127f1c8c347fe3fb31c78819657124f92d698879870bb","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-336.3-204","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-336.3-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}