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2017 New York Laws
ABP - Abandoned Property
Article 2 - Escheat of Real Property
201 - Action for Recovery of Property.
Universal Citation: NY Aban Prop L § 201 (2017)
201. Action for recovery of property. Whenever the attorney-general has good reason to believe that the title to, or right of possession of, any real property has vested in the people of the state by escheat whether from defect of heirs, alienage or otherwise, or by conviction or outlawry for treason as provided in section eight hundred nineteen of the code of criminal procedure, he may commence an action to recover the property.
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