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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

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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Cases Citing Statute 673.2051

Total Results: 20

U. S. BANK TRUST, N. A., AS TRUSTEE, LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST v. RODRIGUEZ, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ON BEHALF OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEV.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-11-22

Snippet: before filing the foreclosure complaint. See § 673.2051(1) ("When specially indorsed, an instrument

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST, ETC. v. FLEMING HARRIS

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-08-12

Snippet: possession alone until specially indorsed.” § 673.2051, Fla. Stat. (2019).

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-03-11

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-02-13

Citation: 264 So. 3d 963

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

Aquasol Condo Assoc. v. HSBC Bank USA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-10-31

Snippet: contending that the the note to itself. See § 673.2051(3), Fla. Stat. (2013) (providing: “The holder

Aquasol Condo Assoc. v. HSBC Bank USA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-08-15

Snippet: subsequently indorsed the note to itself. See § 673.2051(3), Fla. Stat. (2013) (providing: “The holder

Wells Fargo Bank v. Diz

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-08-08

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-02-07

Citation: 241 So. 3d 882

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-10-25

Citation: 230 So. 3d 923

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

GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC v. LINDA PISANO AND STEVEN PISANO

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-10-11

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-09-18

Citation: 228 So. 3d 183

Snippet: to “the order of Countrywide Bank, N.A.” See § 673.2051(1), Fla. Stat. (stating that a special indorsement

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-07-14

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-06-14

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-04-19

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-03-15

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

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Mobley

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-03-08

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-02-17

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-02-10

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-02-08

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-10-19

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