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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.

1412 – Penalty, Interest and Special Proceedings.

§ 1412. Penalty, interest and special proceedings 1. Any person wilfully failing to make any full and complete report or to file any affidavit required by this chapter shall forfeit to the people of the state the sum of one hundred dollars for each day such report or affidavit shall be wilfully delayed or withheld, […]

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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]

1406 – Claims for Abandoned Property Heretofore or Hereafter Paid to the State.

§ 1406. Claims for abandoned property heretofore or hereafter paid to the state. 1. (a) Claim may be filed with the state comptroller for any abandoned property amounting to over three dollars heretofore paid to the state or hereafter paid or delivered to the state comptroller pursuant to this chapter, except abandoned property heretofore paid […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]