New York § 167 - 167Notice to debtors, bailees and creditors
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§ 167. 167Notice to debtors, bailees and creditors
§ 167. Notice to debtors, bailees and creditors. The trustees, immediately upon their appointment, shall give notice thereof for at least three weeks in a newspaper published in the county where application was made and therein shall require: 1. All persons indebted to such debtor, by a day and at a place therein to be specified, to render an account of all debts and sums of money owing by them respectively, to such trustees, and to pay the same; 2. All persons having in their possession any property or effects of such debtor, to deliver the same to the said trustees by the day so appointed; 3. All the creditors of such debtor to deliver their respective accounts and demands to the trustees or one of them, by a day to be therein specified, not less than forty days from the first publication of such notice.
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Section 167 ("167Notice to debtors, bailees and creditors") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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