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N.Y. ABP Law § 1316

This is the official text of N.Y. ABP Law § 1316, part of New York’s ABP Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "ABP Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Unclaimed insurance proceeds other than life insurance

Official statutory text

§ 1316. Unclaimed insurance proceeds other than life insurance. 1. Any\namount issued and payable on or after July first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-four payable to a resident of this state on or because of a\npolicy of insurance other than life insurance, which is held or owing by\na domestic insurer or a foreign insurer authorized to do business in\nthis state or by an agent or agency of such insurer, shall be deemed\nabandoned property if unclaimed for three years by the person entitled\nthereto. Where such amount is held or owing by a domestic insurer for an\nunknown person or a person whose address is unknown, such amount is\npresumed to be payable to a resident of this state.\n 2. Every insurer shall cause to be published, on or before the first\nday of May in each year, a list of such abandoned property in the same\nmanner as that prescribed for life insurance companies by section seven\nhundred two of this chapter.\n 3. Such property which was deemed abandoned pursuant to subdivision\none of this section shall be paid or delivered to the comptroller within\nthe first ten days of September of each year. Such payment shall be\naccompanied by a true and accurate report that shall be in such form and\nmanner as the state comptroller may prescribe.\n

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