Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org856878.7-506Delivery without endorsement; right to compel endorsement2025Commercial Code — Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of TitleWarehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: Negotiation and Transfer
The transferee of a negotiable document has a specifically enforceable right to have his transferor supply any necessary endorsement but the transfer becomes a negotiation only as of the time the endorsement is supplied.