{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-34.1-3-205","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 34.1-3-205","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 34.1-3-110 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 34.1 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","ARTICLE 3 - NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS","PART 2 NEGOTIATION, TRANSFER AND INDORSEMENT"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title34.1.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"cef43ee8d3d37ef0c92426a78294e964ebdd5f8d06c25d66a44b2efe182963dd","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-34.1-3-204","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-34.1-3-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}