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NY Aban Prop L § 1317 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property 1317 - Unclaimed Security Deposits Held by the Title Insurance Companies.

§  1317.  Unclaimed  security  deposits  held  by  the title insurance   companies. 1. Any amount held or owing by a domestic  or  foreign  title   insurer  or  by an agent or representative of such insurer as a security   deposit, relating to the transfer or financing of real property  located   in  this  state, made as an inducement to issue a title insurance policy   shall  be  deemed  abandoned  property  if  unclaimed  as  of   December   thirty-first  in  any  year  for  three  years from the date of deposit,   unless there has been written communication from the depositor or  other   person  entitled  thereto  to the insurer to its agent or representative   within said three-year period.2. Any such property deemed abandoned as  of  the  preceding  December   thirty-first  shall  be paid and delivered to the comptroller within the   first ten days of March in each year, together with  a  report  of  said   property,  including  a  listing  of depositors and lienholders, in such   form as the comptroller may prescribe.3. The title insurer or  its  agent  or  representative  shall  retain   records  of  the  names and addresses of the depositors and lienholders,   and any records necessary to show proof of entitlement of such deposits.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law  to  the  contrary,  the   rights  of  a  depositor to payment from a title insurer or its agent or   representative  pursuant  to  a  security  deposit  agreement  and   the   obligations  of  such insurer its agent or representative to fulfill the   requirements specified  in  any  such  agreement  shall  in  no  way  be   affected,  impaired  or  enlarged  by  reason  of the provisions of this   section or by reason of the payment or delivery to  the  comptroller  of   abandoned  property hereunder. Claim for reimbursement may be filed with   the comptroller by any title insurer or its agent or representative  who   may  be  required  to  pay  or  deliver  any  abandoned  property to the   comptroller pursuant to this section.5. The comptroller may require proof that the title insurer  has  made   payment  on the underlying claim under the terms of the security deposit   agreement and is entitled to reimbursement therefor and after audit  the   comptroller shall pay the same.6.  The  comptroller  shall  not  be  liable  for  any  action  by the   comptroller made in good faith or based upon representations made  by  a   title insurer pursuant to this section.
NY Aban Prop L § 1318 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property 1318 - Unclaimed Spousal and Child Support.

§  1318.  Unclaimed spousal and child support. Any amount representing   child support or child and spousal support paid to a support  collection   unit  established by a social services district which has been delivered   to the state comptroller pursuant to subdivision seven  of  section  one   hundred  eleven-h  of  the social services law shall be deemed abandoned   property. On or before the  tenth  day  of  April  in  each  year,  such   abandoned  property shall be paid to the state comptroller. Such payment   shall be accompanied by a verified written report in such  form  as  the   state comptroller may prescribe.
NY Aban Prop L § 1400 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1400 - Statutes of Limitations Not a Bar.

§  1400.  Statutes  of  limitations not a bar.   The expiration of any   period of time specified by law, during which an  action  or  proceeding   may  be  commenced or enforced to secure payment of a claim for money or   recovery of property, shall not prevent any such money or property  from   being  deemed  abandoned  property, nor affect any duty to file a report   required by this chapter or to pay or deliver to the  state  comptroller   any  such  abandoned  property;  and shall not serve as a defense in any   action or proceeding by or on behalf of the state comptroller to  compel   the  filing  of  any  report or the payment or delivery of any abandoned   property required by this chapter or to enforce or collect  any  penalty   provided by this chapter.
NY Aban Prop L § 1401 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1401 - Comptroller to Maintain Public Record.

§  1401.  Comptroller to maintain public record. The state comptroller   shall maintain a public record of all names and last known addresses  of   the  person  or  persons appearing to be entitled to abandoned property,   heretofore paid to the state or hereafter paid or delivered to the state   comptroller pursuant to this chapter. In addition, the state comptroller   shall maintain a searchable database on the state comptroller's  website   in  such  form  and manner as the state comptroller deems reasonable and   appropriate, subject to the requirements set forth in  section  fourteen   hundred  two  of  this  article.  The  state  comptroller  shall place a   disclaimer  prominently  on  his  or  her  website  advising  that  this   searchable  database  does not contain complete information with respect   to abandoned property paid to the state or  paid  or  delivered  to  the   state  comptroller,  and  provide contact information prominently on the   website to enable interested parties to inquire whether they  appear  on   an  abandoned  property listing. Other identifying information set forth   in any report or record made or delivered to the state comptroller shall   be retained by him but shall  be  considered  confidential  and  may  be   disclosed  only  in  the  discretion of the state comptroller. The state   comptroller shall not reveal  the  amount  of  any  abandoned  property,   except  to  a person who has presented satisfactory proof of an interest   in or title to such property.
NY Aban Prop L § 1402 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1402 - Publication of Abandoned Property by State Comptroller.

§ 1402. Publication of abandoned property by state comptroller. 1. (a) Notwithstanding  anything  to the contrary set forth in section fourteen hundred one of this article, the comptroller shall maintain  on  his  or her  website  in  a  readily searchable format, a list of such abandoned property as has been paid or delivered to the  comptroller  that  has  a value  of  over  twenty  dollars, for a period of twelve months prior to April first, two thousand eleven, and any such abandoned property as has been paid or delivered to the comptroller thereafter that has a value of over twenty dollars, provided that when sixty or more months has  passed after  such  property has been paid or delivered to the comptroller, the comptroller shall not be required to post such property on  his  or  her website  if  he or she does not deem it reasonable and appropriate to do so.  (b) The provisions of this subdivision shall not  apply  to  abandoned property  paid  pursuant  to  section one thousand three hundred of this chapter or section four hundred twenty-four of the vehicle  and  traffic law.   2.  Such  list  shall be in such form and classified in such manner as the state comptroller shall determine and shall include:  (a) the names and last known addresses of all persons  appearing  from the  records  in  the  comptroller's  office, as set forth in the report filed by the holder, to be entitled to receive such  abandoned  property exceeding twenty dollars in value; and  (b) such other information as the state comptroller may determine.   3.  Such listing shall include a statement that: (a) information about the property and its return to the owner may be available  to  a  person having  a  legal or beneficial interest in the property, upon request to the comptroller; and  (b) a  public  record  is  maintained  in  the  office  of  the  state comptroller  of  all  abandoned  property  in  accordance  with  section fourteen hundred one of this article; and that  a  claim  for  any  such abandoned  property should be filed with the state comptroller at his or her office in the city of Albany.   4. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the state comptroller may omit from such list the name and last known  address  of any  person  where  special  circumstances  make  it desirable that such information be withheld.
NY Aban Prop L § 1407 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1407 - Payment by Comptroller.

§  1407.  Payment  by comptroller.   Any claim which is allowed by the   comptroller or ordered to be  paid  by  him  by  a  court  of  competent   jurisdiction  pursuant to the provisions of section fourteen hundred six   of this article, together with such costs and disbursements  as  may  be   allowed  by the court, shall be paid, together with any interest accrued   on such claim pursuant to section fourteen hundred five of this article,   out of the abandoned property fund, except for any claim relating  to  a   security pursuant to subdivision two-a of section fourteen hundred three   of  this  article,  which  shall  be  paid in accordance with procedures   established by the comptroller, and the comptroller shall not be  liable   in  any  action  for any claim including interest if any, paid by him in   good faith.If during any session of the legislature there are insufficient moneys   in the abandoned property fund to pay all claims, including any interest   accrued thereon, which have been allowed by  the  state  comptroller  or   ordered  to  be  paid  by  him by a court of competent jurisdiction, the   state comptroller shall so  certify  to  the  legislature,  which  shall   appropriate  from  the  general  fund  to the abandoned property fund an   amount sufficient to pay such claims.
NY Aban Prop L § 1409 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1409 - Payment for Publication.

§  1409.  Payment  for publication.   Any amount paid by a person to a   newspaper or newspapers for any publication of names as required by this   chapter shall be charged pro rata against all abandoned property held or   owing by such person at the time of such publication,  except  abandoned   property of individual amounts of less than fifty dollars.
NY Aban Prop L § 1410 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1410 - Designation of Newspapers.

§ 1410. Designation of newspapers. Any notice required by this chapter   shall  be  published  in  such  newspapers as shall be designated by the   state comptroller, except that in no case shall a notice be published in   a newspaper other than one  specified  in  the  section  requiring  such   publication.
NY Aban Prop L § 1411 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1411 - Waiver of Publication.

§  1411.  Waiver  of  publication. The state comptroller may waive the   publication of any notice required by  this  chapter,  except  a  notice   required  by  section  fourteen hundred two, whenever in his opinion the   cost of publishing such notice would be unreasonable in relation to  the   amount of abandoned property.
NY Aban Prop L § 1412-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1412-A - Retention of Books and Records.

§  1412-a.  Retention  of  books and records. 1. Except as provided in   section  five  hundred  thirteen-a  of  this  chapter,   every   person,   co-partnership,  unincorporated  association  or corporation required to   file a report of abandoned property  pursuant  to  this  chapter,  shall   retain  for  a  period  of  five years following the thirty-first day of   December of the year for which such report has been  filed,  all  books,   records   and   documents   necessary  to  establish  the  accuracy  and   completeness of such report. The books,  records  and  documents  to  be   retained  pursuant  to  this section shall include but not be limited to   general and subsidiary ledgers; journal entry records; cash receipts and   disbursements journals; cancelled checks;  bank  reconciliations;  trial   balances;   financial   statements   and   supporting  data;  claim  and   confirmation letters; charts of accounts; independent  auditor  reports;   and  copies  of  abandoned  property  reports.  Such  books, records and   documents so retained shall be made available to the  state  comptroller   upon his request in the performance of his duties under this chapter.2.  Every  report of abandoned property filed pursuant to this chapter   for which supporting books, records and documents  are  required  to  be   retained  for  five years as provided in subdivision one above, shall be   presumed to be accurate following such five  year  period  unless  prior   thereto  the  comptroller  has  made  a  certification  or  commenced  a   proceeding pursuant to subdivision three  of  section  fourteen  hundred   twelve of this chapter.3. Property subject to this chapter which is payable or deliverable to   a  payee  or  owner and which has remained unpaid or undelivered because   such payee or owner is unknown, cannot be located due to the lack  of  a   valid,  present  address  on  the records of the payor or holder, or for   other reasons, shall be recorded  by  year  of  receipt  on  a  separate   account  identifying  the nature and origin of such property, maintained   in the books and records of the payor or holder. Any  transfer  of  such   property  from  such  separate  account during the applicable periods of   inactivity specified in this chapter to precede  abandonment,  shall  be   supported  by  adequate  information in the books, records and documents   set forth in subdivision one of this section or in section five  hundred   thirteen-a  of  this  chapter,  sufficient to establish the accuracy and   propriety of the transfer.  Property  which  remains  in  such  separate   accounts  at  the  expiration  of any such period of inactivity shall be   included in abandoned property reports filed with the state  comptroller   pursuant to this chapter.
NY Aban Prop L § 1413 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1413 - Penalty for Fraudulent Returns.

§  1413. Penalty for fraudulent returns. The making of a willful false   oath in any report required under the provisions of this  chapter  shall   be perjury and punishable as such according to law.
NY Aban Prop L § 1414 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1414 - Comptroller to Make Regulations.

§  1414.  Comptroller  to  make  regulations. The state comptroller is   hereby authorized to make such rules and  regulations  as  he  may  deem   necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
NY Aban Prop L § 1415 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1415 - Deduction of Certain Charges.

§  1415.  Deduction of certain charges. No deduction shall be made for service, handling or maintenance charges from property  subject  to  the abandoned  property  law,  by  the  holder of such property, unless such deduction is made pursuant to:  (a)  the  laws  of  the  state  of  New  York  including  therein  the regulations of the New York state department of financial services; or  (b)  a valid contract which provides, specifically, that the deduction shall not be refundable or otherwise restored to  the  owner;  and  such deduction is made in the normal course of business of the holder.
NY Aban Prop L § 1416 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1416 - Restriction on Agreement to Locate And/or Retrieve Abandoned Property.

§  1416.  Restriction on agreement to locate and/or retrieve abandoned property. 1. For the  purposes  of  this  section,  "abandoned  property location  services"  shall  include  any  service  for  a  fee providing assistance to consumers for the purposes of locating  and/or  retrieving property held by the comptroller pursuant to this chapter.   2.  This  section shall apply to any person, corporation, association, partnership or other entity which sells  or  offers  to  sell  abandoned property location services for abandoned property delivered to the state and  held by the state comptroller; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to a client's agreement with an attorney  or  accountant where:  (a)  the  services in question can only be performed by an attorney or accountant; or  (b) there is a  pre-existing  relationship  between  the  attorney  or accountant and the client; or  (c)  the  agreement  results from an effort initiated by the client to engage the attorney or accountant.   3. No agreement for abandoned property location services  pursuant  to this chapter shall be valid unless such agreement:  (a) is:  (i) in such form as may be prescribed by the comptroller;  (ii) in writing;  (iii) signed by the property owner; and  (iv) witnessed and acknowledged by a notary public;  (b) discloses the nature of the property;  (c) discloses the name and address of the comptroller; and  (d)  discloses,  in  a  clear  and conspicuous manner, and in at least twelve-point boldface type:   "Abandoned funds held by the State can be obtained directly  from  the Office  of  the  State  Comptroller  by  the owner of such funds without paying a fee. These funds are held indefinitely by  the  Office  of  the State Comptroller. For more information, contact the Office of the State Comptroller  at  (insert the current telephone number established by the Office of the State Comptroller for receiving inquiries  from  consumers regarding unclaimed funds) or (insert the current address of the website of the Office of the State Comptroller)".   4.  No  such  agreement shall be valid if it provides for payment of a fee in excess of fifteen percent of the value of recoverable property.   5. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an owner from asserting, at any  time,  that  any  agreement  for  abandoned  property location services is based on an excessive or unjust consideration.
NY Aban Prop L § 1417 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1417 - Agreements With Other States.

§  1417.  Agreements  with  other  states. 1. The state comptroller is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of other states to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.   2. Reciprocal agreements entered into pursuant  to  this  section  may include within their terms:  (a)  agreement  to  receive  and distribute abandoned property between agreeing states, in accordance with existing law, and the manner of such distribution;  (b) agreements for cooperation between agreeing states, including  the exchange  of  information  and  data and use of personnel, in performing audits and other functions relating to  securing  compliance  with  this chapter and the applicable statutes of the agreeing states by holders of unclaimed property.   3. (a) For purposes of this section the term "states" shall mean those states,  the  district  of Columbia and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which have  enacted  laws  relating  to  the  disposition  of  unclaimed property  and  such  laws  require  that the property be held thereby in custody subject to claim by the person or persons  entitled  thereto  at any time.  (b)  For  purposes  of  this  section  the phrase "existing law" shall include within its meaning decisions of the supreme court of the  United States.   4.  No  reciprocal  agreement  made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall become effective until approved as to form by the attorney general (of each agreeing state).
NY Aban Prop L § 1418 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1418 - Property for New York Residents Held by Other States.

§  1418.  Property for New York residents held by other states. 1. All   property heretofore or hereafter reported and paid to  any  other  state   pursuant to the provisions of such other state's unclaimed property laws   shall  be  deemed  abandoned  property subject to the provisions of this   chapter if the  last  known  address  of  the  apparent  owner  of  such   property, as it appears on the books and records of such other state, is   within this state.2.  The  state comptroller, as custodian of unclaimed funds, is hereby   authorized to claim such funds from any other state  on  behalf  of  the   apparent  owners  of  such funds whose last known address is within this   state, or may enter into  a  reciprocal  agreement  with  another  state   pursuant  to  section fourteen hundred seventeen of this article for the   payment of such funds to this state.3. The attorney general shall be authorized to maintain an  action  in   any  court of appropriate jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this   section if so requested by the state comptroller.
NY Aban Prop L § 1419 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1419 - Reporting of Abandoned Property in the Aggregate.

§   1419.   Reporting   of   abandoned   property  in  the  aggregate.   Notwithstanding any provision of  this  chapter  to  the  contrary,  the   holder  of  property  which  must be reported and delivered to the state   comptroller as abandoned property need not specify the name, address  or   other  information  identifying the owner of any such property amounting   to  twenty  dollars  or  less  in  the  report  provided  to  the  state   comptroller  when  such  property is delivered to the state comptroller,   and shall instead report abandoned property in amounts of twenty dollars   or  less  in  the  aggregate;  provided,  however,  that  the  foregoing   provision  shall  not  be  construed  to relieve any holder of abandoned   property from its responsibility to deliver all abandoned  property,  in   any amount, to the state comptroller.
NY Aban Prop L § 1420 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 14 - General Provisions 1420 - Property Held by Agricultural Cooperative Corporation.

§  1420.  Property  held by agricultural cooperative corporations.  1. For the purposes of this section, "agricultural cooperative corporation" shall include any corporation organized or qualified to do  business  in this  state  pursuant  to  the  cooperative  corporations  law, which is operated  primarily  for  the  benefit  of  producers  of   agricultural products, as such term is defined in subdivision (a) of section three of the  cooperative  corporations law.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, any share of stock,  credit,  dividend, profit,  patronage  refund,  distribution, interest, equity certificate, equity retain, payment, or other money or property which:  (a) is in the possession of an  agricultural  cooperative  corporation organized  or  qualified  to  do  business in this state pursuant to the cooperative corporations law;  (b) evidences  membership  in  or  resulted  from  patronage  with  an agricultural   cooperative   corporation  or  the  predecessor  of  such corporation; and  (c) is held for, allocated to the account of, allocated in the name of or owing by  the  agricultural  cooperative  corporation  to  a  member, stockholder,  patron  or  other  person;  shall  not be deemed abandoned property or otherwise subject to the provisions of this chapter.