Laws of New York (Last Updated: November 21, 2014)

Section 201. Action for recovery of property

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  Whenever the attorney-general
  has good reason to believe that the title to, or right of possession of,
  any  real  property  has  vested  in  the people of the state by escheat
  whether from defect of heirs, alienage or otherwise, or by conviction or
  outlawry for treason as provided in section eight  hundred  nineteen  of
  the code of criminal procedure, he may commence an action to recover the
  property.

                    
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