N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code Law Section 3-203
Wrong or Misspelled Name

Section 3--203. Wrong or Misspelled Name. Where an instrument is made payable to a person under a misspelled name or one other than his own he may indorse in that name or his own or both; but signature in both names may be required by a person paying or giving value for the instrument.

Source: Section 3-203 — Wrong or Misspelled Name, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/UCC/3-203 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).

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