New York § 602 - 602Payment of abandoned property
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§ 602. 602Payment of abandoned property
§ 602. Payment of abandoned property. 1. In such succeeding month of April, and on or before the tenth day thereof, every county treasurer and the commissioner of finance of the city of New York shall pay or deliver to the state comptroller all abandoned property specified in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section six hundred, which was so abandoned as of the first day of January next preceding. 2. Within thirty days after a decree as provided by section two thousand two hundred twenty-two of the surrogate's court procedure act, the executor, administrator, guardian or testamentary trustee shall pay or deliver to the state comptroller all abandoned property specified in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section six hundred. 4. A payment or delivery of abandoned property required to be made pursuant to subdivision one or subdivision three of this section may be made without an order.
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