Texas Business & Commerce Code
§ 3.206 — RESTRICTIVE INDORSEMENT
BC § 3.206Title 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE · Ch. 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS · Art. B. NEGOTIATION, TRANSFER, AND INDORSEMENT
Statute text
View on source(a)An indorsement limiting payment to a particular person or otherwise prohibiting further transfer or negotiation of the instrument is not effective to prevent further transfer or negotiation of the instrument.
(b)An indorsement stating a condition to the right of the indorsee to receive payment does not affect the right of the indorsee to enforce the instrument. A person paying the instrument or taking it for value or collection may disregard the condition, and the rights and liabilities of that person are not affected by whether the condition has been fulfilled.
(c)If an instrument bears an indorsement (i) described in Section 4.201(b), or (ii) in blank or to a particular bank using the words "for deposit" or "for collection," or other words indicating a purpose of having the instrument collected by a bank for the indorser or for a particular account, the following rules apply:
(1)a person, other than a bank, who purchases the instrument when so indorsed converts the instrument unless the amount paid for the instrument is received by the indorser or applied consistently with the indorsement;
(2)a depositary bank that purchases the instrument or takes it for collection when so indorsed converts the instrument unless the amount paid by the bank with respect to the instrument is received by the indorser or applied consistently with the indorsement;
(3)a payor bank that is also the depositary bank or that takes the instrument for immediate payment over the counter from a person other than a collecting bank converts the instrument unless the proceeds of the instrument are received by the indorser or applied consistently with the indorsement; and
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Legislative history
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.