{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-41-03-24","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 41-03-24","heading":"(3-205) Special endorsement - Blank endorsement - Anomalous endorsement","body":"1.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 41-03-10 apply to special endorsements.\n2.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.\n3.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.\n4.\"Anomalous endorsement\" means an endorsement made by a person that is not the holder of the instrument. An anomalous endorsement does not affect the manner in which the instrument may be negotiated.","path":["Title 41 Uniform Commercial Code","Chapter 41-03 Negotiable Instruments"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t41c03.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"819c5dc41f9bf3fc1fa9f93317f02a51d87fa0f73e2040b19b99a8ed711ff1c9","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-41-03-23","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-41-03-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}