N.Y. Navigation Law § 132: Delivery of wreck or proceeds to claimant

§ 132. Delivery of wreck or proceeds to claimant. If, within a year

after such wrecked property shall have been found and saved, any person

shall claim the same or the proceeds thereof, as owner or consignee, or

the agent of the owner or consignee, and shall establish his claim by

evidence, such court shall make an order directing the officer, in whose

possession the property or its proceeds shall be, to deliver or pay the

same to the claimant, upon the payment by him of a reasonable salvage,

and all necessary expenses incurred in the preservation and keeping of

the property.