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SECTION 3-117
Instruments Payable With Words of Description
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) CHAPTER 38, ARTICLE 3, PART 1
Section 3--117. Instruments Payable With Words of Description.

An instrument made payable to a named person with the addition of
words describing him

(a) as agent or officer of a specified person is payable to his
principal but the agent or officer may act as if he were the holder;

(b) as any other fiduciary for a specified person or purpose is
payable to the payee and may be negotiated, discharged or enforced by
him;

(c) in any other manner is payable to the payee unconditionally and
the additional words are without effect on subsequent parties.