{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-uniform-commercial-code-law-3-117","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code Law § 3-117","heading":"Instruments Payable With Words of Description","body":"Section 3--117. Instruments Payable With Words of Description.\n  An instrument made payable to a named person with the addition of\nwords describing him\n  (a) as agent or officer of a specified person is payable to his\nprincipal but the agent or officer may act as if he were the holder;\n  (b) as any other fiduciary for a specified person or purpose is\npayable to the payee and may be negotiated, discharged or enforced by\nhim;\n  (c) in any other manner is payable to the payee unconditionally and\nthe additional words are without effect on subsequent parties.","path":["Uniform Commercial Code Law","Article 3. Commercial Paper","Part 1. Short Title, Form and Interpretation"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/UCC/3-117","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"9109b91a9770a3718651f7b1959ef3d4c7907f5c79abd946982d4c7ea691d862","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-uniform-commercial-code-law-3-116","next":"us-ny/n.y.-uniform-commercial-code-law-3-118"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}