{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-3-205","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 36-3-205","heading":"Special indorsement; blank indorsement; anomalous indorsement.","body":"(a) If an indorsement is made by the holder of an instrument, whether payable to an identified person or payable to bearer, and the indorsement identifies a person to whom it makes the instrument payable, it is a \"special indorsement.\" When specially indorsed, an instrument becomes payable to the identified person and may be negotiated only by the indorsement of that person. The principles stated in Section 36-3-110 apply to special indorsements.\n(b) If an indorsement is made by the holder of an instrument and it is not a special indorsement, it is a \"blank indorsement.\" When indorsed in blank, an instrument becomes payable to bearer and may be negotiated by transfer of possession alone until specially indorsed.\n(c) The holder may convert a blank indorsement that consists only of a signature into a special indorsement by writing, above the signature of the indorser, words identifying the person to whom the instrument is made payable.\n(d) \"Anomalous indorsement\" means an indorsement made by a person who is not the holder of the instrument. An anomalous indorsement does not affect the manner in which the instrument may be negotiated.","path":["Title 36 - COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 3 Commercial Code—Negotiable Instruments","Part 2 Negotiation, Transfer, and Indorsement"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t36c003.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:08:14Z","sha256":"e336b8483017d3573952201022e123bbc1c8c80afab407537cdee67c594c48bd","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-3-204","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-3-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}