{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-abandoned-property-law-1208","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Abandoned Property Law § 1208","heading":"Amendment of proceedings","body":"§ 1208. Amendment of proceedings.  On application of the\nattorney-general the court shall:\n  (a) order the proceeding with respect to items, or portions thereof,\nas to which claimants appear, to be severed into one or more separate\nproceedings, and allow all such proceedings to proceed separately;\n  (b) amend the proceeding or proceedings, as the case may be, by adding\nto the title thereof the true names of the claiming respondents;\n  (c) amend the proceedings from time to time in any just and equitable\nmanner.","path":["Abandoned Property Law","Article 12. Escheat of Property Paid or Deposited In Federal Courts"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/ABP/1208","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"1fa9822808301471d03e333df15fe56941443d57403df87a2f0950e849ba578a","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-abandoned-property-law-1207","next":"us-ny/n.y.-abandoned-property-law-1210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}