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BECAUSE THE ALLONGE ENDORSED IN BLANK WAS NOT FIRMLY AFFIXED TO THE NOTE AS REQUIRED BY THE UCC, THE BANK IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION DID NOT DEMONSTRATE STANDING TO BRING THE ACTION (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the bank in this foreclosure action did not demonstrate iT had standing to bring the action. The purported allonge endorsed in blank was not attached to the note:

 “A plaintiff may establish … its standing as the holder of the note by demonstrating that a copy of the note, including an endorsement in blank, was among the exhibits annexed to the complaint at the time the action was commenced” … . “A promissory note [is] a negotiable instrument within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code” ( … see UCC 3-104[2][d]). A “holder” is “the person in possession of a negotiable instrument that is payable either to bearer or to an identified person that is the person in possession” (UCC 1-201[b][21][A]; see 3-301 … ). Where an instrument is endorsed in blank, it may be negotiated by delivery (see UCC 3-202[1]; 3-204[2] …). “An indorsement must be . . . on the instrument or on a paper so firmly affixed thereto as to become a part thereof” (UCC 3-202[2]).

… [T]he plaintiff failed to make a prima facie showing that it had standing to commence the action. Although the plaintiff attached a copy of the note and a purported allonge endorsed in blank to the complaint, the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the purported allonge “was so firmly affixed [to the note] as to become a part thereof, as required by UCC 3-202(2)” … . Moreover, an affidavit of an assistant secretary of the plaintiff’s servicer/attorney-in-fact, submitted in support of the plaintiff’s motion, inter alia, for summary judgment on the complaint insofar as asserted against the defendant, to strike his answer, and for an order of reference, was also insufficient to demonstrate the plaintiff’s compliance with UCC 3-302(2), as it was bereft of any reference to the purported allonge … . Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC v Florio, 2024 NY Slip Op 04256, Second Dept 8-21-24

Practice Point: The UCC requires that an allonge endorsed in black be firmly affixed to the note.​

 

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