N.Y. Abandoned Property Law § 209: Effect of release on rights of others

§ 209. Effect of release on rights of others. No such release shall

impair or affect any right, title, interest or estate in or to the lands

thereby released, of any heir-at-law, devisee, grantee, mortgagee or

creditor of any person having an interest in the real property released

immediately prior to the escheat thereof, or of any person having a lien

or incumbrance thereon, through, under or by any person having an

interest therein immediately prior to the escheat.