New York Abandoned Property Law Article 2 - ESCHEAT OF REAL PROPERTY

• 200 - Escheated Lands.
  All lands the title of which shall fail from a defect of heirs, shall revert, or escheat, to the people.
• 201 - Action for Recovery of Property.
  Whenever the attorney-general has good reason to believe that the title to, or right of possession of, any real property has vested in the people...
• 202 - Parties to Action.
  There may be made parties to such action, all persons who would have, might have or might claim to have any interest in or lien...
• 203 - Effect of Judgment in Favor of People.
  A final judgment in favor of the people in an action authorized as set forth in section two hundred one is conclusive as to the...
• 204 - Sale of Property Recovered.
  Upon the rendering of final judgment in an action authorized by section two hundred one, the commissioner of general services may sell or transfer the...
• 205 - Report by Attorney-General.
  The attorney-general shall report to the commissioner of general services all the real property recovered by the people in any action brought pursuant to this
• 206 - Petition for Release of Escheated Lands.
  1. Where there is good reason to believe that real property shall have escheated to the state and final judgment shall not have been entered...
• 207 - Proceedings on Receipt of Petition.
  Prior to the presentation of such petition, the petitioner shall cause to be personally served upon each person who would have succeeded to any interest...
• 208 - Release.
  1. The commissioner shall make his determination and enter an order accordingly. The commissioner may agreeably to the best interest of the state and in...
• 209 - Effect of Release on Rights of Others.
  No such release shall impair or affect any right, title, interest or estate in or to the lands thereby released, of any heir-at-law, devisee, grantee,...
• 210 - Protest Against Release.
  Any person may file, at any time, with the commissioner, a protest, stating his name, residence and post-office address, against the release by the state...
• 211 - Lands Held Under Written Contract.
  Where lands have been escheated to the state and the person last seized was a citizen or capable of taking and holding real property the...
• 212 - Escheated Lands Subject to Trusts and Incumbrances.
  Lands escheated to the state shall be held subject to the same trusts and incumbrances to which they would have been subject if they had...
• 213 - Condemnation Awards As Interest in Real Property.
  An interest in real property escheated to the state shall for the purposes of this article, be deemed to include any and all awards heretofore...
• 214 - Receiver.
  At any time during the pendency of said action pursuant to section two hundred one, the court may upon application therefor appoint a receiver to...
• 215 - Claims Against State.
  Where an action has been commenced and final judgment in favor of the people entered therein by reason of the escheat of real property to...

Last modified: February 3, 2019