N.Y. Judiciary Law § 526: Presentation of claims by jurors and disposition of unclaimed fees

§ 526. Presentation of claims by jurors and disposition of unclaimed

fees. All jurors who have served in a court of the unified court system

pursuant to a duly issued summons as provided for in this article and

are entitled to an allowance therefor must present their claims to the

proper official designated by law for the payment of juror's fees on or

before the thirty-first of December of the year next succeeding or

following the year in which such services were rendered and performed.

Failure to comply with this section shall be a forfeiture of the payment

for such claims or services. All summonses or notices issued pursuant to

this article requiring jurors to attend at a term of court or at a

session of the grand jury shall have imprinted thereon the foregoing

provision relating to forfeiture of fees. All moneys or jurors' fees

forfeited by the provisions of this section shall be transferred to the

state comptroller and applied to the fund from which they were paid on

or before the first day of April, in each year.