New York § 992 - 992Judgment in proceeding for share of unknown heirs
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 992 — 992Judgment in proceeding for share of unknown heirs, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 992. 992Judgment in proceeding for share of unknown heirs
§ 992. Judgment in proceeding for share of unknown heirs. Unknown heirs or their representatives not appearing shall be barred from any interest and the court shall render a judgment that the interest of such unknown heirs was vested in the known heirs of the ancestor from whom the unknown heirs derived title and that the proceeds be paid out of court to the persons entitled thereto.
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