The transferee of a negotiable tangible document of title has a specifically enforceable right to have its transferor supply any necessary indorsement, but the transfer becomes a negotiation only as of the time the indorsement is supplied.
D.C. Code § 28:7-506
Delivery without indorsement: right to compel indorsement
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 28–28 (639 sections).
Dec. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 730, Pub
Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.