{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-3-205","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 46-3-205","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 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":["CHAPTER 46. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.","ARTICLE 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/46-3-205/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:48Z","sha256":"48970e07d947e51bc9bf9a9e1085e4f9480b88126f62e88699dd8da54cd7dd18","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-3-204","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-3-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}