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NY Aban Prop L § 707 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 7 - Unclaimed Life Insurance Funds 707 - Reimbursement for Claims Paid by Insurers.

§  707.  Reimbursement for claims paid by insurers. Any life insurance   corporation which has  paid  to  the  state  comptroller  moneys  deemed   abandoned  property  pursuant to the provisions of this article may make   payment to any person entitled to all or  any  part  thereof  and  shall   thereby acquire all of the rights of such person to payment by the state   comptroller.
NY Aban Prop L § 1000 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 10 - Unclaimed Condemnation Awards 1000 - Unclaimed Condemnation Awards.

§ 1000. Unclaimed condemnation awards. 1. (a) Any moneys held or owing for  the  payment  of  an  award  made  by  a  court in any condemnation proceeding and payable by a  public  corporation  or  other  corporation possessing  powers  of condemnation, which shall have remained unclaimed by the person or persons appearing to  be  entitled  thereto  for  three years  after  confirmation  by the court, together with any interest due thereon, less, when an award is payable by  a  public  corporation,  any amount due such public corporation at the time of title vesting for tax, water  or any other liens on the same parcel the award was for, with any interest due thereon, and any amount due such public corporation at  the time  of  title  vesting  or  at  the time of confirmation, whichever is later, for an assessment on the same parcel the award was for, with  any interest  due  thereon,  shall  be  deemed  abandoned  property.  In any condemnation proceedings in which the  court  shall  have  not  made  an award,  any moneys paid into court, including interest thereon, shall be subject to the provisions of  article  six  of  this  chapter  and  this section shall have no application thereto.  (b)  The  issuance of a warrant for such an award shall not prevent an award from being deemed abandoned property if such warrant is  unclaimed three years after confirmation of such award by the court.   2.  Any such abandoned property held or owing by such a corporation to which the right to receive the same is established to  the  satisfaction of such corporation shall cease to be deemed abandoned.
NY Aban Prop L § 1002 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 10 - Unclaimed Condemnation Awards 1002 - Publication of Notice of Abandoned Property.

§  1002.  Publication  of  notice of abandoned property. 1. Every such corporation shall cause to be published, on or before the first  day  of November  in  each  year,  once in a newspaper of general circulation in each county where a damaged parcel included in such report is located  a notice, approved as to form by the state comptroller, stating:  (a)  That a report of all awards in condemnation proceedings unclaimed for more than three years has been made to  the  state  comptroller  and that  a  copy  thereof  is  on  file and open to public inspection, if a public corporation at the office of the chief fiscal officer thereof; or if not a public corporation at the principal office or place of business of such corporation;  (b) That such awards, together with any interest due thereon and  less lawful  deductions,  will  be  paid  by  it  on or before the succeeding thirty-first day of January to persons establishing to its  satisfaction their right to receive the same; and  (c)  That  in  the  succeeding month of February, and on or before the tenth day thereof, such awards, together with any interest  due  thereon and  less  lawful  deductions, still remaining will be paid to the state comptroller and that it shall thereupon cease to be liable therefor.   2. Such corporation shall file with the state comptroller on or before the tenth day of November proof by affidavit of such publication.
NY Aban Prop L § 1003 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 10 - Unclaimed Condemnation Awards 1003 - Payment of Abandoned Property.

§  1003. Payment of abandoned property. 1. In such succeeding month of   February, and on or before the tenth day thereof, every such public  and   other corporation shall pay to the state comptroller all property which,   as  of  the  first  day  of  July  next  preceding, was deemed abandoned   pursuant to section one thousand of this article, held or owing by  such   corporation.2.  Such  payment  shall  be accompanied by a true and accurate report   setting forth such information as the state comptroller may  require  in   relation   to  such  abandoned  property  including  the  title  of  the   proceeding, the name and last known address of the awardee if such award   is made to a known owner, the date of confirmation,  the  damage  parcel   number,  the  amount  of  the  award, and the amount of any interest due   thereon  and,  if  a  deduction  is  claimed  for  liens  by  a   public   corporation,  the  nature  and  amount  of  such  liens and any interest   claimed thereon.
NY Aban Prop L § 1200 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property 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.  All   money or other property which shall have been, or  shall  hereafter  be,   paid  into  or  deposited in the custody of, or be under the control of,   any court of the United States in and for any district within the state,   or shall have  been  or  hereafter  shall  be  in  the  custody  of  any   depository,  registry,  clerk,  or  other officer of such court, and the   rightful owner or owners thereof either (a) shall have been or shall  be   unknown for a period of ten consecutive years; or (b) shall have died or   shall  die  without  having disposed thereof, and without having left or   without leaving a will disposing thereof, and  without  having  left  or   without  leaving  heirs, next-of-kin, or distributees; or (c) shall have   abandoned or shall abandon such funds or property, are declared to  have   escheated  or to escheat, together with all interest accrued thereon, to   and to have become or to become the property of the state.
NY Aban Prop L § 1201 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12 - Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts 1201 - Presumption of Abandonment.

§  1201.  Presumption of abandonment.  In any proceeding authorized by   this article if it shall appear from the records of  the  court  of  the   United  States  that  the  rightful owner or owners of money or property   which has been or shall hereafter be deposited  in  the  custody  or  be   under  the  control of, such court, or in the custody of its depository,   registry, clerk, or other officer, have not made  claim  thereto  for  a   period of ten successive years, it shall be presumed for all purposes of   this  article  that  such  rightful owner or owners are, and during such   period have been, unknown,  and  that  they  have  died  without  having   disposed  thereof,  and  without  having left a will, and without having   left any heirs, next-of-kin, or distributees, and that such property has   been abandoned.  In a case where the rightful owners of  such  money  or   property  was  a  corporation  it shall also be presumed for purposes of   this article  that  the  corporation  is  dissolved  and  no  longer  in   existence, and its charter forfeited, and all the foregoing presumptions   set  forth  in  this  section shall be made with respect to the rightful   owners or claimants to the assets of  such  corporation,  including  its   stockholders  and  creditors.  Any  or  all  of  the  foregoing  several   presumptions may be rebutted by competent evidence to the contrary.
NY Aban Prop L § 1202 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12 - Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts 1202 - Special Proceeding for Escheat.

§  1202.  Special  proceeding for escheat.   Whenever it shall appear,   after investigation by the comptroller or otherwise, that  there  exists   or may exist escheated property under this article, the attorney-general   may  institute  a  special  proceeding  in the name of the people of the   state of New York for an adjudication that an escheat to  the  state  of   such  property  has  occurred,  and  he shall take appropriate action to   recover such funds or property.
NY Aban Prop L § 1203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12 - Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts 1203 - Jurisdiction.

§  1203.  Jurisdiction.   The supreme court shall have jurisdiction to   hear and determine such a special proceeding. Such proceeding  shall  be   commenced  in  the  supreme court for the county in which is located the   court of the United States into which such escheated property  has  been   paid  or  which  has  control  or custody of said property, or which has   jurisdiction to make orders for the payment of such funds or property to   the rightful owners thereof.
NY Aban Prop L § 1204 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12 - Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts 1204 - Respondents.

§ 1204. Respondents.  There shall be named as respondents:  (a)  All last known owners or claimants as disclosed by the records of such court, provided however that if (1) the particular  fund  does  not exceed five hundred dollars, or (2) such last known owners or claimants, with  respect  to  a  particular  fund, exceed ten in number, or (3) the records of such court fail to disclose the number of owners or claimants with respect to a particular fund with a reasonable degree of certainty, they may be designated and described as a class, to wit, as "last  known owners  or  claimants to the fund or property deposited to the credit of the following entitled actions  or  proceedings  in  the  United  States District  Court for the .............. District of New York: (naming the actions and proceedings by their titles as  appearing  on  the  original process  which  instituted  such  actions or proceedings, or by suitable abbreviations thereof, which shall sufficiently  describe  such  actions and proceedings); and  (b)  All  unknown  owners  or  claimants,  who  may  be designated and described as "unknown owners  or  claimants  to  the  fund  or  property deposited to the credit of the following entitled actions or proceedings in the United States district court for the ............ district of New York:  (naming  the actions and proceedings by their titles as appearing on the original process which instituted such actions or proceedings, or by suitable abbreviations thereof,  which  shall  sufficiently  describe such actions and proceedings)."
NY Aban Prop L § 1205 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12 - Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts 1205 - Contents of Petition.

§  1205. Contents of petition. The petition shall briefly describe the   fund or property with respect to which the proceeding  is  brought,  and   the  nature  of  the action or proceeding which gave rise to the fund or   property. It may include one or more items, as the attorney-general  may   be  advised,  without  prejudice  to  his right subsequently to commence   proceedings relating to other items not  included.  It  shall  also  set   forth  the  facts  from  which  the  court  may  find,  or  from which a   presumption may arise, that (a) the rightful owner or owners of the fund   or property are unknown; or (b)  that  they  have  died  without  having   disposed  thereof, and without having left a will, disposing thereof and   without having left any heirs, next-of-kin or distributees; or (c)  that   such property has been abandoned.
NY Aban Prop L § 1206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12 - Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts 1206 - Service of Notice and Petition.

§  1206.  Service  of notice and petition.  1. The notice and petition   shall be served upon the clerk of the court into  which  or  into  whose   registry  the  fund  or property has been paid or deposited or which has   control or custody thereof, or which has jurisdiction to make orders for   the payment of such money to the rightful owners thereof, together  with   a  notice  that no personal claim is made against him, and also upon the   United States attorney for the district in which such court is located.2. The notice shall be  served  by  publication,  as  hereinafter  set   forth,  upon the other respondents described in subdivisions (a) and (b)   of section twelve hundred four of this act. The court, upon finding that   the petition sufficiently sets forth the facts  required  under  section   twelve  hundred  one  of  this  article,  may  make  any  or  all of the   presumptions set forth in such section and make an order directing  that   the  notice  be  served upon such respondents by publication thereof not   less than once in each of four successive weeks in two newspapers in the   English language designated in the order as most likely to  give  notice   to  such owners or claimants, which newspapers shall be published in the   county in which the escheat proceeding shall be commenced, and  also  by   publication  thereof  in the state bulletin as provided in the executive   law.
NY Aban Prop L § 1207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12 - Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts 1207 - Contents and Time of Answer.

§ 1207. Contents and time of answer.  For the purpose of reckoning the   time  within  which  a  respondent  must  appear  or  answer, service by   publication under this article is  complete  on  the  twenty-eighth  day   after  the  date  of  first  publication.  Any respondent, or any person   making claim to any of the property or funds described in the  petition,   shall  have  sixty  days  after  completion  of  service within which to   appear, and the time for all further proceedings shall be as  prescribed   for  proceedings  in  the  supreme  court. The answer shall be verified,   shall set forth the true name, residence and business address,  if  any,   of the claiming respondent, and shall set forth in full detail the basis   of the claim and the respondent's claim of title thereto.
NY Aban Prop L § 1208 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12 - Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts 1208 - Amendment of Proceedings.

§   1208.   Amendment   of   proceedings.     On  application  of  the attorney-general the court shall:  (a) order the proceeding with respect to items, or  portions  thereof, as  to  which  claimants appear, to be severed into one or more separate proceedings, and allow all such proceedings to proceed separately;  (b) amend the proceeding or proceedings, as the case may be, by adding to the title thereof the true names of the claiming respondents;  (c) amend the proceedings from time to time in any just and  equitable manner.
NY Aban Prop L § 1210 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12 - Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts 1210 - Judgment.

§  1210.  Judgment.  If  the  court, after taking the testimony, shall   determine either (a) that the rightful owner or owners of such funds  or   property  are unknown or (b) that they have died without having disposed   thereof, and without having left a will disposing thereof,  and  without   having  left  heirs,  next-of-kin or distributees, or (c) that they have   abandoned such funds or property,  it  shall  make  and  enter  separate   findings  of  fact  and  conclusions  of  law  and  enter a final order,   describing the funds  or  property,  and  adjudicating  that  they  have   escheated  and are payable to the state of New York. The findings of any   one such set of facts shall not be deemed inconsistent  with  any  other   such  set  of  facts,  and  the  court may find one or more such sets of   facts. If the court shall determine that any funds or property  or  part   thereof had not escheated to the state, it shall make and enter separate   findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall make and enter a final   order  describing said funds or property or part thereof, dismissing the   petition with respect thereto either on the merits or without  prejudice   to a subsequent proceeding as may be proper.
NY Aban Prop L § 1211 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12 - Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts 1211 - Collection by Attorney-General.

§  1211.  Collection  by  attorney-general. The attorney-general shall   take appropriate action, by obtaining an  order  of  the  court  of  the   United  States,  or  otherwise,  to  collect  and  receive such funds or   property.
NY Aban Prop L § 1212 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12 - Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited in Federal Courts 1212 - Payment to the State Comptroller; Report.

§  1212.  Payment  to  the  state  comptroller;  report.  1.  Upon the   collection or receipt of any such funds or property the attorney-general   shall forthwith pay or deliver the same to the state comptroller.2. Each such payment or delivery shall be  accompanied  by  a  written   report  setting forth the names and last known addresses, if any, of the   persons whose property has been escheated pursuant to this  article  and   such other identifying information as the state comptroller may require.
NY Aban Prop L § 1213 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property 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 this article to   extend the declared policy of the state with  respect  to  unclaimed  or   abandoned  property  to  all such property in the possession, custody or   control of  the  United  States  of  America,  its  officers,  agencies,   departments,  instrumentalities  and corporations. Article twelve of the   abandoned property law provides for the escheat of  such  property  paid   into  or deposited in courts of the United States. This article provides   for the escheat of all unclaimed or abandoned property, of whatever kind   or nature, in the possession, custody or control of  all  other  federal   authorities,  bodies or corporations and shall be liberally construed to   accomplish such purpose.
NY Aban Prop L § 1214 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12-A - Unclaimed or Abandoned Property in the Possession, Custody or Control of the United States of America 1214 - Definitions.

§  1214. Definitions.   When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:  (a) "Property" includes, but is not limited to, money, rights to claim refunds or rebates, postal savings deposits, bonds, notes, certificates, policies of insurance, other instruments of  value,  choses  in  action, obligations  whether written or unwritten, and any thing of value of any nature whatsoever.  (b)  "United  States"  means  any  officer,  agency,   department   or instrumentality of the United States of America, other than a court, and any corporation organized under its laws.
NY Aban Prop L § 1215 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12-A - Unclaimed or Abandoned Property in the Possession, Custody or Control of the United States of America 1215 - Escheat.

§  1215.  Escheat.  If  the  rightful  owner  of  any  property in the possession, custody or control of the United  States  either  (a)  shall have  been or shall be unknown for seven consecutive years; or (b) shall have died or shall die  without  having  disposed  thereof  and  without having  left  or  without  leaving a will disposing thereof, and without leaving heirs, next-of-kin, or distributees; or (c) shall have abandoned or shall abandon such property, and either:  (i) the last known address of such rightful owner, as it appears  from the records of the United States is in this state, or  (ii)  there  is  no last known address for such rightful owner and the agency or instrumentality possessing, holding, controlling or owing such property is a corporation domiciled in this state; or  (iii) there is no last known address  for  such  rightful  owner,  the agency or instrumentality possessing, holding, controlling or owing such property  is  not a corporation or is a corporation domiciled in a state other than New York which has no escheat or custodial  statute  relating to unclaimed or abandoned property and either   1.  the  records showing the name of and amount due the rightful owner are in this state; or   2. such property was paid to, deposited with or otherwise acquired  by the  United  States  in  this  state  or  as  the result of transactions occurring in this state; or   3. such property is owed or came into being as the result  of  returns filed or other transactions occurring in this state; or   4.  the  court, in its discretion, finds that such property has or had sufficient other contacts with this state; then such property, together  with  all  interest  or  other  increments accrued thereon, shall escheat to the state of New York.
NY Aban Prop L § 1216 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12-A - Unclaimed or Abandoned Property in the Possession, Custody or Control of the United States of America 1216 - Presumptions.

§  1216.  Presumptions.    If  it shall appear from the records of the   United States that the rightful owner of property described  in  section   twelve  hundred fifteen of this article has not made claim thereto for a   period of seven consecutive years, it shall be presumed for purposes  of   escheat  proceedings under this article that such rightful owner is, and   during such period has been, unknown or has died without having disposed   thereof and without having left a will,  and  without  having  left  any   heirs,  next-of-kin  or  distributees  or  that  such  property has been   abandoned and that such property has escheated. In any case wherein  the   rightful  owner  of  such  property  is  a  corporation it shall also be   presumed for purposes of escheat proceedings under this article that the   corporation is dissolved,  no  longer  in  existence,  and  its  charter   forfeited  and  the presumptions set forth in the first sentence of this   section shall be made with respect to the rightful owners  or  claimants   to  the  assets  of  such  corporation,  including  its stockholders and   creditors. The presumptions provided for in this section may be rebutted   by competent evidence to the contrary.
NY Aban Prop L § 1217 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ABP - Abandoned Property Article 12-A - Unclaimed or Abandoned Property in the Possession, Custody or Control of the United States of America 1217 - Procedure.

§  1217.  Procedure.   Whenever it appears, after investigation by the comptroller or otherwise, that  there  exists  or  may  exist  escheated property  under  this  article,  the attorney general may take action to recover such  property.  For  such  purpose  the  attorney  general  may institute  special proceedings in the name of the people of the state of New York in the supreme court of this  state.  In  any  such  proceeding there shall be named as respondents  (a) All last known owners or claimants appearing in the records of the United States. These may be described as a class when  (i)  they  own  or  claim property of the same nature and the value of such property as shown on the account of each such owner or claimant  in the records of the United States does not exceed five hundred dollars in value, or  (ii)  the  records of the United States show more than ten such owners or claimants for a particular fund, item or category of property, or  (iii) the records of the United States fail to disclose the number  of owners  or claimants for a particular fund, item or category of property with a reasonable degree of certainty.  (b) All unknown owners or claimants.  These  may  be  described  as  a class.