{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-8.3a-205","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 8.3A-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 § 8.3A-110 apply to special endorsements.(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.(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.(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.Code 1950, §§ 6-361, 6-385 through 6-388, 6-392; 1956, c. 149; 1964, c. 219, §§ 8.3-111, 8.3-204; 1992, c. 693.","path":["Title 8.3A. COMMERCIAL CODE — NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS","Part 2. NEGOTIATION, TRANSFER, AND ENDORSEMENT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/8.3A-205/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:59Z","sha256":"3672c1911fa2bc7bf5df640cd2c687e9ff639f33c479f48b4abc739df4b94af9","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-8.3a-204","next":"us-va/va.-code-8.3a-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}