{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-400.3-205","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 400.3-205","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 400.3-110 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 endorsement may be negotiated.","path":["Title XXVI - TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=400.3-205","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"d89a1f83a205784e5087090e7d4a41831123e435a4c563710c2a712336981821","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-400.3-204","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-400.3-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}