There a few different ways to endorse a check. You can endorse it by signing directly beneath the endorse check here line. You can do a blank endorsement, which means you do not sign it until it is ready to be cashed or deposited. You can do a restrictive deposit, which is when you write for deposit only or for deposit to account number and sign your name below that. You can do a special
. endorsement, which is when you write pay to the order of and then the name of the person the check is written to, and then sign your name below that. For an example of how to do these endorsements visit http://www.moneyinstructor.com/wsp/endorse.asp.