N.Y. State Finance Law § 181: Title of successor of custodian of court funds

§ 181. Title of successor of custodian of court funds. On the

expiration of the official term of a public officer, or where a vacancy

occurs in his office, by death or otherwise, all public stock, bonds,

mortgages, and other securities deposited into court and held by him,

vest in his successor in office; and all money paid into court and

deposited in a bank, trust company or other depository, to his credit,

vests in, and must be carried to, the account of his successor in

office.