{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-3-205","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-3-205","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 § 47-3-110 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 instrument may be negotiated.","path":["TN Code","Title 47","Chapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"7444b7799f567047f0d07807549650d7992e8dd07ed678ba93ea1a50f0128301","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-3-204","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-3-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}