2006 New York Code - Delivery Of Wreck Or Proceeds To Claimant.

 
    § 132. Delivery  of  wreck  or proceeds to claimant. If, within a year
  after such wrecked property shall have been found and saved, any  person
  shall  claim the same or the proceeds thereof, as owner or consignee, or
  the agent of the owner or consignee, and shall establish  his  claim  by
  evidence, such court shall make an order directing the officer, in whose
  possession  the property or its proceeds shall be, to deliver or pay the
  same to the claimant, upon the payment by him of a  reasonable  salvage,
  and  all  necessary expenses incurred in the preservation and keeping of
  the property.