New York Laws
Article 12 - Court Funds
181 - Title of Successor of Custodian of Court Funds.

§ 181. Title of successor of custodian of court funds. On the
expiration of the official term of a public officer, or where a vacancy
occurs in his office, by death or otherwise, all public stock, bonds,
mortgages, and other securities deposited into court and held by him,
vest in his successor in office; and all money paid into court and
deposited in a bank, trust company or other depository, to his credit,
vests in, and must be carried to, the account of his successor in
office.

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