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Title XXXIX
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Chapter 673
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

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F.S. 673.2051

673.2051 Special indorsement; blank indorsement; anomalous indorsement.—

(1) 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 s. 673.1101 apply to special indorsements.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) The term “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.

History.—s. 2, ch. 92-82.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 673.2051

Total Results: 20

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST, ETC. v. FLEMING HARRIS

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2020-08-12T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: indorsement was not anomalous. See § 673.2051(1); see also § 673.2051(4). … possession alone until specially indorsed.” § 673.2051, Fla. Stat. (2019). …the note is an “anomalous indorsement.” § 673.2051(4), Fla. Stat. (2019). However, “[a]n anomalous…alter the negotiation of the instrument. See § 673.2051(4). If the instrument were payable to an identified… because it possessed the original note. See § 673.2051(2). Additionally, an anomalous indorsement

CATHERINE P. COX v. U.S. BANK, TRUST N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2020-03-11T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: must be “made by the holder” of the note. § 673.2051(2), Fla. Stat. (2015). An indorsement… defined as an “anomalous indorsement.” § 673.2051(4), Fla. Stat. (2015). “An anomalous indorsement

SILVIA VITERI v. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HARBORVIEW MORTGAGE LOAN PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-7

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-02-12T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: negotiated by transfer of possession alone.” § 673.2051(2), Fla. Stat. (2014) (emphasis added).

Aquasol Condo Assoc. v. HSBC Bank USA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-10-31T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: contending that the the note to itself. See § 673.2051(3), Fla. Stat. (2013) (providing: “The holder …possession alone until specially indorsed.’” (citing § 673.2051(2), Fla. Stat. (2015)). “‘[U]nder the Uniform

Aquasol Condo Assoc. v. HSBC Bank USA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-08-15T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: subsequently indorsed the note to itself. See § 673.2051(3), Fla. Stat. (2013) (providing: “The holder …possession alone until specially indorsed.’” (citing § 673.2051(2), Fla. Stat. (2015)). “‘[U]nder the

Wells Fargo Bank v. Diz

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-08-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 253 So. 3d 705

Snippet: possession alone until specially indorsed.” § 673.2051(2), Fla. Stat. 2013. In Ortiz v. PNC

HSBC Bank USA v. Buset

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-02-06T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: name a specific payee, as happened here. See § 673.2051(3) (“The holder may convert a blank indorsement

Buckingham v. Bank of America, N.A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-10-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 230 So. 3d 923

Snippet: in which the instrument may be negotiated,” § 673.2051(4), Fla. Stat. (2014). Case 2D15-5424

GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC v. LINDA PISANO AND STEVEN PISANO

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-10-11T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 227 So. 3d 1279

Snippet: demonstrates that it could be transferred. See § 673.2051(2), Fla. Stat. (‘When indorsed in blank, an instrument

Richard M. Rigby v. Bank of New York Mellon

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-09-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 228 So. 3d 183

Snippet: 3 § 673.2051(1), Fla. Stat. (stating that a special indorsement…negotiable by transfer of possession alone. See § 673.2051(2), Fla. Stat. (“When indorsed in blank, an instrument

Sandra A. Forero and William L. Forero v. Green Tree Servicing, LLC

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-07-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 223 So. 3d 440, 2017 WL 2989493, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 10145

Snippet: negotiable by transfer of possession alone. See § 673.2051(2), Fla. Stat.; see also §§ 671.201(21), 673.3011

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Sheikha

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-06-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 221 So. 3d 657, 2017 WL 2569781, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 8667

Snippet: procedure is an exception to the rule in section 673.2051(1) that the person identified in a special indorsement

Powell v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-04-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 219 So. 3d 828, 2017 WL 1403617, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 5360

Snippet: negotiated only by the indorsement of that person.” § 673.2051(1), Fla. Stat. (2015) (emphasis added). ‘Where

PennyMac Corp. v. Frost

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-03-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 214 So. 3d 686, 92 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 169, 2017 WL 1013192, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 3441

Snippet: indorsement” must be “made by the holder” of the note. § 673.2051(2), Fla. Stat. (2015). An indorsement “made by…note is defined as an “anomalous indorsement.” § 673.2051(4), Fla. Stat. (2015). “An anomalous indorsement

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Mobley

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-03-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 212 So. 3d 511, 2017 WL 928529, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 3095

Snippet: only supports Deutsche Bank’s standing. Section 673.2051(3), Florida Statutes (2016), specifies that a

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB v. Louissaint

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-02-17T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 212 So. 3d 473, 91 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 1126, 2017 WL 651816, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 2163

Snippet: possession alone until specially indorsed.” § 673.2051(2), Fla. Stat. (2015). “[U]nder *476

Houk v. PennyMac Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-02-10T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 210 So. 3d 726, 2017 WL 535437, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 1659

Snippet: negotiated only by the indorsement of that person.” § 673.2051(1), Fla. Stat. (2013). Where a bank is seeking

U.S. Bank National Ass'n v. Becker

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-02-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 211 So. 3d 142, 2017 WL 514340, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 1546

Snippet: person who is not the holder of the instrument.” § 673.2051(4), Fla. Stat. (2013). “An anomalous indorsement

Robert K. Walton v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-10-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 201 So. 3d 831, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 15547

Snippet: to bearer and negotiable by possession alone. § 673.2051(2), Fla. Stat. Deutsche Bank alleged in Count …hand-written words “New Century Mortgage” appeared. § 673.2051(1), Fla. Stat. In addition, on the lower portion

Abraham Segall v. Wachovia Bank

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-06-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 192 So. 3d 1241, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 8354, 2016 WL 3065599

Snippet: So.3d 1039, 1040 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015) (quoting § 673.2051(1), Fla. Stat. (2013)); see also Guzman