Section 3109 - Payable to bearer or to order(a) Payable to bearer.--A promise or order is payable to bearer if it: (1) states that it is payable to bearer or to the order of bearer or otherwise indicates that the person in possession of the promise or order is entitled to payment;(2) does not state a payee; or(3) states that it is payable to or to the order of cash or otherwise indicates that it is not payable to an identified person.(b) Payable to order.--A promise or order that is not payable to bearer is payable to order if it is payable: (1) to the order of an identified person; or(2) to an identified person or order. A promise or order that is payable to order is payable to the identified person.
(c) Payable to an identified person.--An instrument payable to bearer may become payable to an identified person if it is specially indorsed pursuant to section 3205(a) (relating to special indorsement; blank indorsement; anomalous indorsement). An instrument payable to an identified person may become payable to bearer if it is indorsed in blank pursuant to section 3205(b).1992, July 9, P.L. 507, No. 97, § 5, effective in one year.