N.Y. Abandoned Property Law § 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)."