ยง 139-a. Keeping wrecked goods a misdemeanor. A person who takes away
goods or other property not his own from a stranded vessel, or any goods
or other property cast by the sea upon the land or found in a bay or
creek, or who knowingly becomes possessed of any such goods or other
property, and does not deliver the same, within forty-eight hours
thereafter, to the sheriff or one of the coroners or wreck masters of
the county where the same was found, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Structure New York Laws
130 - Powers and Duties of Sheriff.
130-A - Applicability to Abandoned Historic Shipwrecks.
132 - Delivery of Wreck or Proceeds to Claimant.
137 - Appointment of Appraisers.
138 - Sale and Disposition of Property.
139 - Publication of Notice of Wrecked Property.
139-A - Keeping Wrecked Goods a Misdemeanor.