2021 New York Laws
ABP - Abandoned Property
Article 14 - General Provisions
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  that  has  a
value  of  over  twenty  dollars, for a period of twelve months prior to
April first, two thousand eleven, and any such abandoned property as has
been paid or delivered to the comptroller thereafter that has a value of
over twenty dollars, provided that when sixty or more months has  passed
after  such  property has been paid or delivered to the comptroller, the
comptroller shall not be required to post such property on  his  or  her
website  if  he or she does not deem it reasonable and appropriate to do
so.
  (b) The provisions of this subdivision shall not  apply  to  abandoned
property  paid  pursuant  to  section one thousand three hundred of this
chapter or section four hundred twenty-four of the vehicle  and  traffic
law.
  2.  Such  list  shall be in such form and classified in such manner as
the state comptroller shall determine and shall include:
  (a) the names and last known addresses of all persons  appearing  from
the  records  in  the  comptroller's  office, as set forth in the report
filed by the holder, to be entitled to receive such  abandoned  property
exceeding twenty dollars in value; and
  (b) such other information as the state comptroller may determine.
  3.  Such listing shall include a statement that: (a) information about
the property and its return to the owner may be available  to  a  person
having  a  legal or beneficial interest in the property, upon request to
the comptroller; and
  (b) a  public  record  is  maintained  in  the  office  of  the  state
comptroller  of  all  abandoned  property  in  accordance  with  section
fourteen hundred one of this article; and that  a  claim  for  any  such
abandoned  property should be filed with the state comptroller at his or
her office in the city of Albany.
  4. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the state
comptroller may omit from such list the name and last known  address  of
any  person  where  special  circumstances  make  it desirable that such
information be withheld.