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N.Y. Abandoned Property Law § 1207: Contents and time of answer

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  1. Abandoned Property Law
  2. Article 12. Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited In Federal Courts

§ 1207. Contents and time of answer. For the purpose of reckoning the

time within which a respondent must appear or answer, service by

publication under this article is complete on the twenty-eighth day

after the date of first publication. Any respondent, or any person

making claim to any of the property or funds described in the petition,

shall have sixty days after completion of service within which to

appear, and the time for all further proceedings shall be as prescribed

for proceedings in the supreme court. The answer shall be verified,

shall set forth the true name, residence and business address, if any,

of the claiming respondent, and shall set forth in full detail the basis

of the claim and the respondent's claim of title thereto.

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