New York Laws
Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property
1305 - Unclaimed Surplus Moneys After Recovery of Cost of Public Assistance and Care.

§ 1305. Unclaimed surplus moneys after recovery of cost of public
assistance and care.

Any amount comprising a balance credited to an estate or person
pursuant to sections one hundred fifty-two-b or three hundred sixty of
the social services law which, on June thirtieth in any year, has for
four years from the date of such credit remained unclaimed by the estate
or person entitled thereto shall be deemed abandoned property.

On or before the tenth day of September in each year every public
welfare official shall pay such abandoned property to the state
comptroller. Such payment shall be accompanied by a written report,
affirmed as true and accurate under penalty of perjury, in such form as
the state comptroller may prescribe.

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