N.Y. SCP Law § 2222-A
This is the official text of N.Y. SCP Law § 2222-A, part of New York’s SCP Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "SCP Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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Notice of legacy or distributive share payable to incarcerated individual or prisoner Where the legatee, distributee or beneficiary is an...
Official statutory text
§ 2222-a. Notice of legacy or distributive share payable to incarcerated\n individual or prisoner\n Where the legatee, distributee or beneficiary is an incarcerated\nindividual serving a sentence of imprisonment with the state department\nof corrections and community supervision or a prisoner confined at a\nlocal correctional facility, the court shall give prompt written notice\nto the office of victim services, and at the same time direct that no\npayment be made to such incarcerated individual or prisoner for a period\nof thirty days following the date of entry of the order containing such\ndirection.\n
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