{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-uniform-commercial-code-law-3-203","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code Law § 3-203","heading":"Wrong or Misspelled Name","body":"Section 3--203. Wrong or Misspelled Name.\n  Where an instrument is made payable to a person under a misspelled\nname or one other than his own he may indorse in that name or his own or\nboth; but signature in both names may be required by a person paying or\ngiving value for the instrument.","path":["Uniform Commercial Code Law","Article 3. Commercial Paper","Part 2. Transfer and Negotiation"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/UCC/3-203","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"a46fefc39bfbf21293b6cd850bf2c3aaba9088d49e7fddd95b106e22627ddf81","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-uniform-commercial-code-law-3-202","next":"us-ny/n.y.-uniform-commercial-code-law-3-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}