N.Y. Abandoned Property Law § 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.