Section 301. Annual report of abandoned property  


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  •  1. On or before the first
      day of August in each year  every  banking  organization  shall  make  a
      verified  written report to the state comptroller, which shall contain a
      true and accurate statement, as  of  the  thirtieth  day  of  June  next
      preceding  of all abandoned property specified in section three hundred,
      held or owing by it.
        2. (a) Such  report  shall,  with  respect  to  amounts  specified  in
      paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  one  of section three hundred which are
      abandoned property, set forth:
        (i) the name and last known address of the person or persons appearing
      from the records of such banking organization to be  the  owner  of  any
      such abandoned property;
        (ii)  the  amount appearing from such records to be due such person or
      persons;
        (iii) the date of the last transaction with respect to such  abandoned
      property;
        (iv)  the  nature  and  identifying  number, if any, of such abandoned
      property; and
        (v) such other identifying information as the  state  comptroller  may
      require.
        (b)  Such report shall, with respect to amounts specified in paragraph
      (b) of subdivision one of section  three  hundred  which  are  abandoned
      property
        (i)  the name and last known address, if any, of the person or persons
      appearing from the records of such banking organization to  be  entitled
      to receive such abandoned property;
        (ii)  the  amount appearing from such records to be due such person or
      persons;
        (iii) the amount of any interest or other increment due thereon;
        (iv) the date of the last transaction with respect to  such  abandoned
      property; and
        (v)  such  other  identifying information as the state comptroller may
      require.
        (c) Such report shall, with respect to amounts specified in  paragraph
      (c)  of  subdivision  one  of  section three hundred which are abandoned
      property, set forth:
        (i) the name and last known address, if any, of the person or  persons
      appearing  from  the records of such banking organization to be entitled
      to receive such abandoned property;
        (ii) a description of such abandoned  property  including  identifying
      numbers, if any, and the amount appearing from such records to be due or
      payable;
        (iii) the amount of any interest or other increment due thereon;
        (iv) the date such abandoned property was payable or demandable;
        (v) the amount and identifying number of any such instrument where the
      payee thereof is unknown to the banking organization; and
        (vi)  such  other identifying information as the state comptroller may
      require.
        (d) Such report shall, with respect to amounts specified in  paragraph
      (d)  of  subdivision  one  of  section three hundred which are abandoned
      property, set forth:
        (i) the name and last known address, if any, of the person or  persons
      appearing  from the records of such banking organization to be the owner
      of any such abandoned property;
        (ii) such other information as the state  comptroller  may  reasonably
      require.
        3.  Such  report  shall  be  in such form as the state comptroller may
      prescribe. All names of persons appearing in the section of such  report
    
      relating  to  deposits,  appearing  to  be  the owners thereof, shall be
      listed in alphabetical order. Abandoned  property  other  than  deposits
      listed  in  such  report shall be classified in such manner as the state
      comptroller may prescribe, and names of persons appearing to be entitled
      to  such  abandoned  property  appearing  in such report shall be listed
      alphabetically within each such classification.
        4. In case any banking organization shall on the thirtieth day of June
      in any year neither hold nor owe any  abandoned  property  specified  in
      section  three  hundred,  it  shall on or before the tenth day of August
      next succeeding make a verified written report to the state  comptroller
      so stating.
        5.  Until  July  first, nineteen hundred fifty, the provisions of this
      section shall not apply to a credit union organized under  the  laws  of
      the United States.
        5-a. No banking organization in this state, organized under or subject
      to  the  provisions of section six hundred eleven of title twelve of the
      United States code, shall be  required  to  file  reports  of  abandoned
      property relating to any amounts received on or before the thirtieth day
      of  June,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-seven, unless, as of the effective
      date of this subdivision, such amounts remain recorded and shown in  the
      books  and  records  of  such  banking  organization  as  an outstanding
      obligation thereof.