New York General Business Law Article 18 - FREIGHT AND BAGGAGE

• 280 - Duty of Carrier As to Unclaimed Articles.
  The proprietors of the several lines of stages and the proprietors of the several canal boat lines, and the proprietors of the several steamboats, who...
• 281 - Description to Be Made and Published.
  In case there shall not be any information obtained as to the owner, it shall be the duty of the person having the possession thereof,...
• 282 - Packages to Be Opened and Contents Sold; Proceeds of Sale.
  In case the said property shall remain unclaimed for sixty days after the said publication, it shall be the duty of the person or company...
• 283 - Lien for Expenses of Proceedings.
  The person making the entry of unclaimed property as above specified, shall be entitled to twelve and a half cents for each trunk, box, bale,...
• 284 - Penalty for Violation of Preceding Sections.
  In case any person shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of the preceding sections of this article, he shall forfeit the sum...
• 285 - Sale of Unclaimed Articles by Express Companies; Notice Thereof; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale.
  Every express company, or person engaged in the express business, who shall have had any unclaimed article, goods or things, not perishable, in its or...
• 286 - Surplus to Be Paid to Owner.
  Such express company, or person engaged in the express business, shall make an entry of the balance of the proceeds of the sale, if any,...
• 287 - After Five Years If Unclaimed to Be Paid to County Treasurer.
  In case such balance shall not be claimed by the rightful owner within five years after the sale as above specified, then it shall be...

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