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Article 1 - Short Title; Declaration of Policy; Definitions
101 - Short Title. - § 101. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...
102 - Declaration of Policy. - § 102. Declaration of policy. It is hereby declared to...
103 - Definitions. - (a) "Abandoned property fund" means the abandoned property fund established...
Article 2 - Escheat of Real Property
200 - Escheated Lands. - § 200. Escheated lands. All lands the title of which...
201 - Action for Recovery of Property. - § 201. Action for recovery of property. Whenever the attorney-general...
202 - Parties to Action. - § 202. Parties to action. There may be made parties...
203 - Effect of Judgment in Favor of People. - § 203. Effect of judgment in favor of people. A...
204 - Sale of Property Recovered. - § 204. Sale of property recovered. Upon the rendering of...
205 - Report by Attorney-General. - § 205. Report by attorney-general. The attorney-general shall report to...
206 - Petition for Release of Escheated Lands. - § 206. Petition for release of escheated lands. 1. Where...
207 - Proceedings on Receipt of Petition. - § 207. Proceedings on receipt of petition. Prior to the...
208 - Release. - § 208. Release. 1. The commissioner shall make his determination...
209 - Effect of Release on Rights of Others. - § 209. Effect of release on rights of others. No...
210 - Protest Against Release. - § 210. Protest against release. Any person may file, at...
211 - Lands Held Under Written Contract. - § 211. Lands held under written contract. Where lands have...
212 - Escheated Lands Subject to Trusts and Incumbrances. - § 212. Escheated lands subject to trusts and incumbrances. Lands...
213 - Condemnation Awards as Interest in Real Property. - § 213. Condemnation awards as interest in real property. An...
214 - Receiver. - § 214. Receiver. At any time during the pendency of...
215 - Claims Against State. - § 215. Claims against state. Where an action has been...
Article 3 - Unclaimed Property Held or Owing by Banking Organizations
300 - Unclaimed Property Held or Owing by Banking Organizations. - (a) Any amounts due on deposits or any amounts to...
302 - Publication of List of Abandoned Property. - (a) the names and last-known addresses, which were in such...
303 - Payment of Abandoned Property. - (a) with respect to amounts specified in paragraph (a) of...
304 - Unclaimed Property Held by the Superintendent of Financial Services After Liquidation. - § 304. Unclaimed property held by the superintendent of financial...
305 - Payment of Abandoned Property After Liquidation by Superintendent of Financial Services. - § 305. Payment of abandoned property after liquidation by superintendent...
306 - Reimbursement for Instruments Paid. - § 306. Reimbursement for instruments paid. Any banking organization which...
Article 4 - Unclaimed Deposits and Refunds for Utility Services
400 - Unclaimed Deposits and Refunds for Utility Services. - (a) Any deposit made by a consumer or subscriber with...
402 - Publication of Notice of Abandoned Property. - (a) that a report of unclaimed amounts of money or...
403 - Payment of Abandoned Property. - (a) as to abandoned property specified in paragraphs (a) and...
Article 5 - Unclaimed Property Held or Owing for Payment to Security Holders
500 - Definitions. - (b) "Public corporation" shall mean any state and a public...
501 - Unclaimed Property; When Deemed Abandoned. - (i) is payable or distributable to such resident as the...
502 - Payment or Delivery of Abandoned Property. - § 502. Payment or delivery of abandoned property. 1. In...
503 - Report of Abandoned Property. - (a) The name and last known address, if any, of...
504 - Reimbursement for Property Paid or Delivered. - § 504. Reimbursement for property paid or delivered. A domestic...
Article 5-A - Unclaimed Property Held by Brokers
510 - Definitions. - (a) Any instrument issued by a corporation or public issuer...
511 - Unclaimed Property; When Deemed Abandoned. - (a) All such wages have remained unpaid to such person,...
512 - Payment or Delivery of Abandoned Property. - § 512. Payment or delivery of abandoned property. 1. In...
513 - Report to Accompany Payment or Delivery. - (a) A description of the security, (b) The number of...
513-A - Retention of Books and Records. - § 513-a. Retention of books and records. 1. Every broker...
514 - Reimbursement of Brokers or Dealers. - § 514. Reimbursement of brokers or dealers. 1. A broker...
Article 6 - Unclaimed or Unknown Owner Court Funds
600 - Unclaimed or Unknown Owner Court Funds. - (a) Any moneys including the monetary proceeds from the sale...
601 - Publication of List of Abandoned Property. - (a) the names and last-known addresses, in alphabetical order, of...
602 - Payment of Abandoned Property. - § 602. Payment of abandoned property. 1. In such succeeding...
603 - Report to Accompany Payment. - (a) The names and last known addresses, if any, of...
Article 7 - Unclaimed Life Insurance Funds
700 - Unclaimed Life Insurance Corporation Moneys. - (a) Any moneys held or owing by any life insurance...
702 - Publication of List of Abandoned Property. - (a) the names and last known addresses which were in...
703 - Payment of Abandoned Property. - (a) the name and last known address of any person...
704 - Life Insurance Departments of Savings and Insurance Banks. - § 704. Life insurance departments of savings and insurance banks....
705 - Unclaimed and Undistributed Property Held by Superintendent of Financial Services, as Liquidator, Upon Completion of Proceeding. - § 705. Unclaimed and undistributed property held by superintendent of...
706 - Payment of Abandoned Property After Liquidation by Superintendent of Financial Services. - § 706. Payment of abandoned property after liquidation by superintendent...
707 - Reimbursement for Claims Paid by Insurers. - § 707. Reimbursement for claims paid by insurers. Any life...
Article 10 - Unclaimed Condemnation Awards
1000 - Unclaimed Condemnation Awards. - (b) The issuance of a warrant for such an award...
1002 - Publication of Notice of Abandoned Property. - (a) That a report of all awards in condemnation proceedings...
1003 - Payment of Abandoned Property. - § 1003. Payment of abandoned property. 1. In such succeeding...
Article 12 - Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts
1200 - Unclaimed Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts. - § 1200. Unclaimed property paid or deposited in federal courts....
1201 - Presumption of Abandonment. - § 1201. Presumption of abandonment. In any proceeding authorized by...
1202 - Special Proceeding for Escheat. - § 1202. Special proceeding for escheat. Whenever it shall appear,...
1203 - Jurisdiction. - § 1203. Jurisdiction. The supreme court shall have jurisdiction to...
1204 - Respondents. - (a) All last known owners or claimants as disclosed by...
1205 - Contents of Petition. - § 1205. Contents of petition. The petition shall briefly describe...
1206 - Service of Notice and Petition. - § 1206. Service of notice and petition. 1. The notice...
1207 - Contents and Time of Answer. - § 1207. Contents and time of answer. For the purpose...
1208 - Amendment of Proceedings. - (a) order the proceeding with respect to items, or portions...
1210 - Judgment. - § 1210. Judgment. If the court, after taking the testimony,...
1211 - Collection by Attorney-General. - § 1211. Collection by attorney-general. The attorney-general shall take appropriate...
1212 - Payment to the State Comptroller; Report. - § 1212. Payment to the state comptroller; report. 1. Upon...
Article 12-A - Unclaimed or Abandoned Property in the Possession, Custody or Control of the United States of America
1213 - Purpose and Policy. - § 1213. Purpose and policy. It is the purpose of...
1214 - Definitions. - (a) "Property" includes, but is not limited to, money, rights...
1215 - Escheat. - (i) the last known address of such rightful owner, as...
1216 - Presumptions. - § 1216. Presumptions. If it shall appear from the records...
1217 - Procedure. - (a) All last known owners or claimants appearing in the...
1218 - Notice. - § 1218. Notice. The notice shall contain the names of...
1219 - Petition. - § 1219. Petition. The petition shall describe the property with...
1220 - Service. - (a) by first class mail on all known respondents for...
1221 - Judgment. - § 1221. Judgment. If the court, after taking testimony shall...
1222 - Application of Other Provisions of Article Twelve. - § 1222. Application of other provisions of article twelve. The...
1223 - Alternative to Escheat. - § 1223. Alternative to escheat. If it appears from the...
Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property
1300 - Unclaimed Surplus From Sale of Pledged Property. - § 1300. Unclaimed surplus from sale of pledged property. 1....
1301 - Unclaimed Surplus From Sale of Pledge. - (a) loaning money on the deposit or pledge of personal...
1304 - Unclaimed Personal Property of Persons in Certain State Institutions. - (a) Any moneys or intangible personal property which has been...
1305 - Unclaimed Surplus Moneys After Recovery of Cost of Public Assistance and Care. - § 1305. Unclaimed surplus moneys after recovery of cost of...
1306 - Abandoned Property Resulting From the Administration of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. - § 1306. Abandoned property resulting from the administration of the...
1307 - Unclaimed Proceeds From the Sale of Wrecked Property. - § 1307. Unclaimed proceeds from the sale of wrecked property....
1308 - Unclaimed Wages. - (a) The name and last known address of each employee...
1309 - Uncashed Travelers Checks and Money Orders. - (a) the last known address of the person entitled to...
1310 - Voluntary Disposition of Miscellaneous Property Not Otherwise Subject to This Chapter. - § 1310. Voluntary disposition of miscellaneous property not otherwise subject...
1311 - Unclaimed Moneys Erroneously Collected by Utility Corporations on Account of Taxes. - § 1311. Unclaimed moneys erroneously collected by utility corporations on...
1312 - Unclaimed Amounts or Securities Held by Foreign Corporations Not Authorized to Do Business in the State of New York. - § 1312. Unclaimed amounts or securities held by foreign corporations...
1313 - Unclaimed Property Held by Sales Finance Companies and Insurance Premium Finance Agencies. - (a) "Company" shall mean a sales finance company as defined...
1314 - Unclaimed Consumer Credit Balances. - § 1314. Unclaimed consumer credit balances. 1. Any amounts transferable...
1315 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property. - § 1315. Miscellaneous unclaimed property. This section shall encompass the...
1316 - Unclaimed Insurance Proceeds Other Than Life Insurance. - § 1316. Unclaimed insurance proceeds other than life insurance. 1....
1317 - Unclaimed Security Deposits Held by the Title Insurance Companies. - § 1317. Unclaimed security deposits held by the title insurance...
1318 - Unclaimed Spousal and Child Support. - § 1318. Unclaimed spousal and child support. Any amount representing...
1319 - Unclaimed Virtual Currency. - (a) the last known address of the person entitled to...
Article 14 - General Provisions
1400 - Statutes of Limitations Not a Bar. - § 1400. Statutes of limitations not a bar. The expiration...
1401 - Comptroller to Maintain Public Record. - § 1401. Comptroller to maintain public record. The state comptroller...
1402 - Publication of Abandoned Property by State Comptroller. - (b) The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to...
1403 - Sale of Personal Property by State Comptroller. - § 1403. Sale of personal property by state comptroller. 1....
1404 - Assumption of Liability by the State; Return of Property Erroneously Paid to State Comptroller. - (i) abandoned property in individual amounts of less than one...
1405 - Accrual of Interest After Payment of Abandoned Property to the State Comptroller. - (i) paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section three hundred...
1406 - Claims for Abandoned Property Heretofore or Hereafter Paid to the State. - (i) section nine of chapter six hundred fifty-one of the...
1407 - Payment by Comptroller. - § 1407. Payment by comptroller. Any claim which is allowed...
1409 - Payment for Publication. - § 1409. Payment for publication. Any amount paid by a...
1410 - Designation of Newspapers. - § 1410. Designation of newspapers. Any notice required by this...
1411 - Waiver of Publication. - § 1411. Waiver of publication. The state comptroller may waive...
1412 - Penalty, Interest and Special Proceedings. - § 1412. Penalty, interest and special proceedings 1. Any person...
1412-A - Retention of Books and Records. - § 1412-a. Retention of books and records. 1. Except as...
1413 - Penalty for Fraudulent Returns. - § 1413. Penalty for fraudulent returns. The making of a...
1414 - Comptroller to Make Regulations. - § 1414. Comptroller to make regulations. The state comptroller is...
1415 - Deduction of Certain Charges. - (a) the laws of the state of New York including...
1416 - Restriction on Agreement to Locate And/or Retrieve Abandoned Property. - (a) the services in question can only be performed by...
1417 - Agreements With Other States. - (a) agreement to receive and distribute abandoned property between agreeing...
1418 - Property for New York Residents Held by Other States. - § 1418. Property for New York residents held by other...
1419 - Reporting of Abandoned Property in the Aggregate. - § 1419. Reporting of abandoned property in the aggregate. Notwithstanding...
1420 - Property Held by Agricultural Cooperative Corporation. - (a) is in the possession of an agricultural cooperative corporation...
1421 - Property Held by Rural Electric Cooperatives. - (a) is in the possession of a rural electric cooperative...
1422 - Mailing of Notice to Owners of Record. - § 1422. Mailing of notice to owners of record. 1....
Article 15 - Laws Repealed; Constitutionality; Effective Date
1500 - Laws Repealed. - § 1500. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the...
1501 - Constitutionality. - § 1501. Constitutionality. If any part, provision or section of...
1502 - Effective Date. - § 1502. Effective date. This chapter shall take effect June...