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2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 7 - Unclaimed Life Insurance Funds › 702 - Publication of List of Abandoned Property.

§  702.  Publication of list of abandoned property. 1. Every such life
insurance corporation shall cause to be  published,  on  or  before  the
first  day  of  May in each year, a notice entitled: "NOTICE OF NAMES OF
PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY  (name
of life insurance corporation)."
2.  Such  notice  shall  be  published  once in at least one newspaper
published in the county of the state in which is located the  last-known
address of the holder of a policy under which such abandoned property is
payable.  If  there are no newspapers published in such county then such
notice shall be published  in  a  newspaper  published  in  an  adjacent
county.  Such publication shall be in a newspaper printed in the English
language and any other newspaper that will substantially serve to inform
the public of said abandoned property. The comptroller shall  promulgate
rules  to  determine  when  it is appropriate to designate an additional
publication.
3. Such notice shall set forth:
(a) the names and last known addresses which were in such  report,  of
all  persons  appearing  to  be  entitled to any such abandoned property
amounting to fifty dollars or more; provided,  however,  that  with  the
consent of the state comptroller, the name and last known address of any
person  may be omitted from such notice where special circumstances make
it desirable that such information be  withheld.  Such  names  shall  be
listed in alphabetical order;
(b) such other information as the state comptroller may require; and
(c) a statement
(i)  that  a  report of unclaimed amounts of money held or owing by it
has been made to the comptroller of the state of New  York  and  that  a
list of the names contained in such notice is on file and open to public
inspection  at  the  principal  office or place of business of such life
insurance corporation in any city, village  or  county  where  any  such
abandoned property is payable;
(ii)  that  such  unclaimed moneys will be paid by it on or before the
succeeding thirty-first day of August to  persons  establishing  to  its
satisfaction their right to receive the same; and
(iii)  that in the succeeding month of September, and on or before the
tenth day thereof, such unclaimed moneys still remaining will be paid to
the comptroller of the state of New York and  that  it  shall  thereupon
cease to be liable therefor.
4.   Such  life  insurance  corporation  shall  file  with  the  state
comptroller on or before the tenth day of May  in  each  year  proof  by
affidavit of such publication.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 7 - Unclaimed Life Insurance Funds › 703 - Payment of Abandoned Property.

§  703.  Payment of abandoned property. 1. In such succeeding month of
September, and on or before the succeeding tenth day thereof, every such
life insurance corporation  shall  pay  to  the  state  comptroller  all
property  which,  as  of  the  first  day of January next preceding, was
deemed abandoned pursuant to section seven hundred of this article, held
or owing by such life insurance corporation.
2. Such payment shall be accompanied by a  true  and  accurate  report
setting  forth  such  information  as  the state comptroller may require
relative to such abandoned property including:
(a) the name and last known address of any person or persons appearing
from the records of such life insurance corporation to  be  entitled  to
receive any such abandoned property;
(b)  the  amount  appearing from the records of such corporation to be
due;
(c) the policy number and policy age of the insured;
(d) the date such abandoned property was payable;
(e) the names and last known addresses of each  beneficiary  appearing
in the records of the insurer; and
(f)  such  other  identifying information as the state comptroller may
require.
3. Such report shall be in such form and the abandoned property listed
shall be  classified  in  such  manner  as  the  state  comptroller  may
prescribe. Names of persons appearing to be entitled to such property or
of   beneficiaries   appearing   in  such  report  shall  be  listed  in
alphabetical order within each such classification.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 7 - Unclaimed Life Insurance Funds › 704 - Life Insurance Departments of Savings and Insurance Banks.

§ 704. Life insurance departments of savings and insurance banks.  The
  life  insurance  department  of  any savings and insurance bank shall be
  regarded as a domestic life insurance corporation for  the  purposes  of
  this  article and such savings and insurance banks shall comply with and
  be subject to all the provisions of this article  with  respect  to  the
  actions and transactions of such life insurance department.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 7 - Unclaimed Life Insurance Funds › 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
  financial services, as liquidator, upon  completion  of  proceeding.  1.
  Upon  filing  the  final  report  or accounting of the superintendent of
  financial services, as  liquidator,  closing  any  proceeding  commenced
  under  article  seventy-four  of  the  insurance  law, all unclaimed and
  undistributed dividends and other assets of every nature and description
  whatsoever, including assets of a special or trust  nature,  which  have
  been  held  by  the  liquidator  for  five  years or more, and which the
  liquidator has not been specifically  directed  to  hold  for  a  longer
  period by supreme court order, shall be deemed abandoned property.
2. Any such abandoned property held by the superintendent of financial
  services,  as  liquidator,  to  which  the  right to receive the same is
  established as provided by law, shall cease to be deemed abandoned.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 7 - Unclaimed Life Insurance Funds › 706 - Payment of Abandoned Property After Liquidation by Superintendent of Financial Services.

§   706.   Payment   of   abandoned   property  after  liquidation  by
  superintendent of financial services. 1. Not later than the first day of
  October in every year the superintendent of financial services shall pay
  to the state comptroller all such abandoned property held by  him  which
  shall  have  become abandoned at any time prior to the first day of July
  next preceding, excepting such abandoned property as  since  such  first
  day of July shall have ceased to be abandoned.
2.  Such  payment  shall  be  accompanied by a statement signed by the
  superintendent of financial services setting forth  the  name  and  last
  known  address, and the amount owing to, each person appearing to be the
  owner of any such abandoned property, or, if the name  is  unknown,  the
  nature of the original claim and the name of the insurer, and such other
  identifying information as the state comptroller may require.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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)."
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 › 1218 - Notice.

§   1218.  Notice.  The  notice  shall  contain  the  names  of  known
  respondents or their class description  when  that  is  permitted  under
  section  twelve  hundred  seventeen  (a)  of  this  article,  the  class
  description of unknown owners  or  claimants,  the  time  and  place  of
  hearing,    the   identity   of   the   officer,   agency,   department,
  instrumentality or corporation having possession, custody or control  of
  the  property,  a  description of the property involved and a summary of
  the relief requested.
2023 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 › 1219 - Petition.

§  1219.  Petition.  The  petition  shall  describe  the property with
  respect to which the proceeding is instituted, the facts from which  the
  court  may  find that the requirements of section twelve hundred fifteen
  of this article have been met and from which the presumptions set  forth
  in  section  twelve  hundred  sixteen  of this article may arise. It may
  include one or more items of property, as the attorney  general  may  be
  advised,  without  prejudice  to  his  right  subsequently  to  commence
  proceedings relating to other items  not  included,  provided,  however,
  that  when  known  owners  or  claimants  are  described as a class, the
  requirements of section twelve hundred seventeen (a) (i) of this article
  must be met.
2023 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 › 1220 - Service.

§ 1220. Service. The notice shall be served
(a)  by  first class mail on all known respondents for whom there is a
last known address; and
(b) by publication on unknown respondents and  known  respondents  for
whom  there  is  no  last  known  address  in  the  manner  provided  in
subdivision two of section twelve hundred six of this chapter; and
(c) by first class mail, together with a copy of the petition, on  the
clerk,  registrar  or other officer in charge of the agency, department,
instrumentality or corporation having possession, custody or control  of
such  property, together with a statement that no personal claim is made
against him.
2023 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 › 1221 - Judgment.

§ 1221. Judgment. If the court, after taking testimony shall determine
  the  facts  specified by section twelve hundred fifteen of this article,
  it shall make and enter findings and a  final  order  as  set  forth  in
  section  twelve  hundred ten of this chapter the provisions of which, in
  respect to findings and orders, shall apply to orders  made  in  escheat
  proceedings under this article.
2023 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 › 1222 - Application of Other Provisions of Article Twelve.

§  1222.  Application  of  other  provisions  of  article  twelve. The
  provisions of sections  twelve  hundred  seven,  twelve  hundred  eight,
  twelve  hundred  eleven  and  twelve hundred twelve of article twelve of
  this chapter shall apply to all escheat proceedings under this article.
2023 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 › 1223 - Alternative to Escheat.

§ 1223. Alternative to escheat.  If it appears from the records of the
  United States that the rightful owner of any property subject to escheat
  under  this  article  has not made claim thereto for seven years and the
  attorney general does not deem it  advisable  to  institute  an  escheat
  proceeding with respect thereto, or has instituted such a proceeding but
  has  not obtained a judgment of escheat therein, such unclaimed property
  may be deemed abandoned property and shall be paid or delivered  to  the
  state  comptroller  for disposition in accordance with the provisions of
  this chapter and the provisions of  section  ninety-five  of  the  state
  finance law.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property › 1300 - Unclaimed Surplus From Sale of Pledged Property.

§  1300.  Unclaimed  surplus  from  sale  of  pledged property. 1. Any
  unclaimed moneys arising from the sale of any  personal  property  which
  shall  have  been pledged or mortgaged as security for the loan of money
  with a corporation, except a banking organization or a licensed  lender,
  heretofore  or  hereafter  organized by or pursuant to a special statute
  for  the  purpose  of,  and  principally  engaged  in,  giving  aid   to
  individuals by loans of money at interest upon the pledge or mortgage of
  personal  property, and which has subjected itself to special provisions
  of the banking law, after deducting the amount of the loan, the interest
  then due on the same and any other  lawful  charges,  which  shall  have
  remained  in  its possession for three years from the date of such sale,
  shall be deemed abandoned property.
2. Any such abandoned property held or owing by a corporation to which
  the right to receive the same is established to the satisfaction of such
  corporation shall cease to be deemed abandoned.
3. On or before the  first  day  of  June  in  each  year  every  such
  corporation  shall  report  and  pay  over  to the state comptroller all
  abandoned property  specified  in  subdivision  one,  which  is  in  its
  possession  and which shall have become abandoned prior to the preceding
  first day of January.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property › 1301 - Unclaimed Surplus From Sale of Pledge.

§ 1301. Unclaimed surplus from sale of pledge.
1. The word, "pledgee", as used in this section shall mean any person,
partnership or corporation
(a) loaning money on the deposit or pledge of personal property, or
(b)  purchasing  personal  property  on condition of selling back at a
stipulated price, or
(c) doing business as warehouse men and  loaning  or  advancing  money
upon  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  pledged or deposited as collateral
security.
2. Any surplus moneys resulting from a sale by a pledgee, other than a
banking organization, after the thirtieth day of June, nineteen  hundred
fifty  of  personal  property  after  deducting  the  amount  loaned  or
advanced, interest due thereon  and  any  other  lawful  charges,  which
surplus  moneys  have remained unpaid to the person entitled thereto for
one year from the date of such sale, shall be deemed abandoned property.
3. Each year in the month of July and  on  or  before  the  tenth  day
thereof  every  pledgee shall pay to the state comptroller all abandoned
property specified in  subdivision  two  of  this  section.  Every  such
payment shall be accompanied by a verified written statement which shall
contain  the name and last known address of the pledgor, the date of the
sale, the number of the pledge, if receipt given to the  pledgor  is  so
identified, and the amount of such surplus moneys.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property › 1304 - Unclaimed Personal Property of Persons in Certain State Institutions.

§  1304.  Unclaimed  personal  property  of  persons  in certain state
institutions. 1. The following unclaimed property belonging or  credited
to  a discharged, deceased or escaped person in an institution under the
jurisdiction of the department of social  services,  the  department  of
health,  the  department of mental hygiene, the executive department, or
the department of corrections and community supervision shall be  deemed
abandoned property:
(a)  Any  moneys  or  intangible  personal  property  which  has  been
inventoried pursuant to section one hundred twenty-eight  of  the  state
finance law, and
(b)  Any  proceeds,  less  lawful  deductions, from a sale of tangible
personal property, other than money, pursuant  to  section  one  hundred
twenty-eight of the state finance law.
2. Any such abandoned property shall be paid or delivered forthwith to
the  state  comptroller.  Such payment shall be accompanied by a written
report, affirmed as true and accurate under penalty of perjury,  setting
forth such identifying information as the state comptroller may require.
3. The rights of any such discharged, deceased or escaped person in or
to  any  unclaimed  passbook, negotiable instrument or other evidence of
indebtedness or ownership delivered to the state comptroller pursuant to
this section shall pass to the state comptroller as custodian under this
chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property › 1305 - Unclaimed Surplus Moneys After Recovery of Cost of Public Assistance and Care.

§  1305.  Unclaimed  surplus  moneys  after recovery of cost of public
  assistance and care.
Any amount comprising a  balance  credited  to  an  estate  or  person
  pursuant  to  sections one hundred fifty-two-b or three hundred sixty of
  the social services law which, on June thirtieth in any  year,  has  for
  four years from the date of such credit remained unclaimed by the estate
  or person entitled thereto shall be deemed abandoned property.
On  or  before  the  tenth  day of September in each year every public
  welfare  official  shall  pay  such  abandoned  property  to  the  state
  comptroller.  Such  payment  shall  be  accompanied by a written report,
  affirmed as true and accurate under penalty of perjury, in such form  as
  the state comptroller may prescribe.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property › 1306 - Abandoned Property Resulting From the Administration of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

§  1306.  Abandoned  property resulting from the administration of the
  vehicle and traffic law.   Any abandoned  property  resulting  from  the
  administration  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law  in the hands of the
  commissioner of motor vehicles  or  the  commissioner  of  taxation  and
  finance  on  the  first  day of January in any year shall be paid to the
  state comptroller not later than the first day of July  following.  Such
  payment  shall  be  accompanied  by  a written report setting forth such
  identifying information as the state comptroller may require.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property › 1307 - Unclaimed Proceeds From the Sale of Wrecked Property.

§  1307.  Unclaimed proceeds from the sale of wrecked property. 1. Any
  proceeds, less lawful  deductions,  from  a  sale  of  wrecked  property
  pursuant  to  section  one  hundred  thirty-eight of the navigation law,
  shall be deemed abandoned property.
2. Any proceeds, less lawful deductions, from  a  sale  of  perishable
  wrecked  property,  pursuant  to  the  provisions of section one hundred
  thirty-one of the navigation law, held or owing by a  county  treasurer,
  which  shall  have remained unclaimed by the person entitled thereto for
  one year from the date of such sale, shall be deemed abandoned property.
3.  Any  sheriff  or  county  treasurer  holding  any  such  abandoned
  property,  shall pay the same to the state comptroller immediately after
  such property shall have been deemed abandoned. Each such payment  shall
  be  accompanied by a written report, affirmed as true and accurate under
  penalty of perjury, which shall set forth such information as the  state
  comptroller may require.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property › 1308 - Unclaimed Wages.

§  1308.  Unclaimed  wages.    1.  Any  money received from or for the
account of an employer and held or owing by the department of labor  for
the  payment  of  compensation  for  services  theretofore  performed by
employees or  former  employees  of  such  employer,  which  shall  have
remained  unclaimed  by  such  employee  for  a period of one year after
receipt thereof by such department, shall be deemed abandoned property.
2. On or before the first day of  May  in  each  year  the  industrial
commissioner  shall  pay over to the state comptroller for credit to the
abandoned property fund  all  such  property  which  shall  have  become
abandoned prior to the first day of the preceding month.
3. Such payment to the comptroller shall be accompanied by a statement
setting forth:
(a)  The name and last known address of each employee entitled to such
abandoned property and the amount to which such employee is entitled.
(b) The name of the employer and his or its last known address.
(c) The period  of  employment  during  which  such  salary  or  wages
accrued.
(d)  Such  other  identifying information as the state comptroller may
require.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property › 1310 - Voluntary Disposition of Miscellaneous Property Not Otherwise Subject to This Chapter.

§  1310. Voluntary disposition of miscellaneous property not otherwise
  subject to  this  chapter.  1.  Any  person  or  entity  who  holds  any
  intangible  personal  property,  including  the  proceeds  of  a sale of
  tangible property, which is not otherwise subject to the  provisions  of
  this  chapter  or  any  other law regarding the disposition of unclaimed
  property belonging to any other person, and which has remained unclaimed
  for a period of two years by the  person  or  persons  appearing  to  be
  entitled  to receive such property, may request in writing, in such form
  and manner as the comptroller may  by  regulation  prescribe,  that  the
  comptroller consent to receive payment or delivery of such property.
2.  Within  thirty  days  of  the  receipt  of  a  request pursuant to
  subdivision one of this section, the comptroller shall  send  a  written
  determination to the person or entity who filed such request which shall
  either:  (i) consent to the request; (ii) consent to the request subject
  to such conditions as he deems necessary and appropriate; or (iii)  deny
  the  request.  Any  determination  by the comptroller denying consent or
  placing conditions upon the consent shall specifically state  the  basis
  for  such  determination and such denial or conditional consent shall be
  reviewable in a proceeding pursuant  to  article  seventy-eight  of  the
  civil practice law and rules.
3.  Any  property  reported  and  paid or delivered to the comptroller
  pursuant to this section shall be deemed  abandoned  property,  and  any
  person  or  entity  paying or delivering such property shall be relieved
  and held harmless from any or all liability  for  any  claim  or  claims
  which  exist  or  may  exist with respect to such property to the extent
  provided in section fourteen hundred four of this chapter.
4. Payment or delivery of property pursuant to this section  shall  be
  accompanied by reports in such form as the comptroller may prescribe.
2023 New York Laws › ABP - Abandoned Property › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Unclaimed Property › 1311 - Unclaimed Moneys Erroneously Collected by Utility Corporations on Account of Taxes.

§ 1311. Unclaimed moneys erroneously collected by utility corporations
  on  account  of taxes. 1. Any amount held or owing by a gas corporation,
  an electric corporation, a gas  and  electric  corporation,  a  district
  steam  corporation,  a telegraph corporation, a telephone corporation, a
  telegraph and telephone corporation or a water works  corporation  which
  it has collected within eight years next preceding the effective date of
  this  section,  or  which it shall hereafter collect, from a consumer or
  subscriber for or on account of any  tax  or  assessment,  or  any  part
  thereof,  for  which  the consumer or subscriber was not legally liable,
  less lawful deductions, which  shall  have  remained  unclaimed  by  the
  person  or persons entitled thereto for one year from the date it was so
  collected, shall be deemed abandoned property.
2. Any such abandoned property held or owing by such a corporation  to
  which  the  right  to receive a refund of the same is established to the
  satisfaction of such corporation shall cease to be deemed abandoned.
3. On or before the tenth day of October  in  each  year,  every  such
  corporation shall pay to the state comptroller all property which, as of
  the  first  day of July next preceding, was deemed abandoned pursuant to
  this section, held or owing by such corporation. Such payment  shall  be
  accompanied  by  a  true and accurate report containing such identifying
  information as the state comptroller may require.