New York Laws
Article 18 - Freight and Baggage
286 - Surplus to Be Paid to Owner.

§ 286. Surplus to be paid to owner. Such express company, or person
engaged in the express business, shall make an entry of the balance of
the proceeds of the sale, if any, of each article, goods or thing
directed to the same person, as near as can be ascertained, and at any
time within five years thereafter, shall refund any surplus so retained
to the owner of such article, goods or thing, his heirs or assigns, on
satisfactory proof of such ownership.

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