N.Y. Personal Property Law § 255: Disposition of instruments

§ 255. Disposition of instruments. 1. An instrument deposited with the

police shall be delivered to the person entitled thereto upon payment of

all reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith.

2. No instrument deposited with the police shall be destroyed or sold.

Except as provided in subdivision three of section two hundred

fifty-six, no such instrument shall be returned to the finder, or his

employer, or the person who deposited it with the police, or the person

upon whose premises it was found.