New York
Unclaimed property is administered by the Office of the New York State Comptrollerthrough the NYS Unclaimed Funds program.
Official search & downloadable data
Search tool
Downloadable file
No official public CSV, Excel, or ZIP owner-data file has been located yet for this state.
Finder & Recovery Rules
Licensing / Registration
No license, but location-service agreements must be filed with the Office of the State Comptroller (two signed originals) under OSC's APLS requirements.
Fee Cap
15% cap on fees for abandoned-property location services (N.Y. Abandoned Property Law §1416).
Waiting Period
OSC APLS procedures restrict early solicitation; agreements require the statutory free-claim disclosure (APL §1416).
Governing Statute
N.Y. Abandoned Property Law; location services §1416 (verified June 2026).
Summaries marked “verify” have not been independently confirmed against the current statute text. Nothing here is legal advice — confirm rules with the state administrator or counsel before contacting claimants.
Where county money sits in New York
Judicial foreclosure state: surplus money proceedings run through the county Supreme Court clerk. Post-Tyler, the 2024 RPTL reforms restored surplus claims in tax foreclosures. Surrogate's Courts handle estates per county.
County Directory — New York
62 counties · 12 with verified sources so far. Rows without a verified link show where the records are typically held —know the direct URL? Submit it and we'll credit you.
| County | Source links |
|---|---|
| Albany Countyverified 2026-07-21Albany County — official county website (County Executive, County Clerk, Comptroller); no dedicated surplus/unclaimed funds page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Allegany County | not yet verified |
| Bronx County | not yet verified |
| Broome County | not yet verified |
| Cattaraugus County | not yet verified |
| Cayuga County | not yet verified |
| Chautauqua County | not yet verified |
| Chemung County | not yet verified |
| Chenango County | not yet verified |
| Clinton Countyverified 2026-07-21Clinton County — mortgageOverage source verified 2026-07-21 (page mentions: surplus funds; foreclosure surplus). | |
| Columbia County | not yet verified |
| Cortland County | not yet verified |
| Delaware County | not yet verified |
| Dutchess Countyverified 2026-07-21Dutchess County — official county website (County Executive); property tax and finance offices; no dedicated surplus/unclaimed funds page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Erie Countyverified 2026-07-21Erie County — official county website (County Executive, Clerk, Real Property Tax); no dedicated surplus/unclaimed funds page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Essex Countyverified 2026-07-21Essex County — mortgageOverage source verified 2026-07-21 (page mentions: surplus term in filename/url). | |
| Franklin County | not yet verified |
| Fulton County | not yet verified |
| Genesee County | not yet verified |
| Greene County | not yet verified |
| Hamilton County | not yet verified |
| Herkimer County | not yet verified |
| Jefferson County | not yet verified |
| Kings County | not yet verified |
| Lewis County | not yet verified |
| Livingston County | not yet verified |
| Madison County | not yet verified |
| Monroe Countyverified 2026-07-21Monroe County — official county website (County Executive; property tax via County Finance/Treasurer functions); no dedicated surplus/unclaimed funds page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Montgomery County | not yet verified |
| Nassau Countyverified 2026-07-21Nassau County — County Treasurer Court and Trust page covers foreclosure surplus and court deposits; unclaimed after 3 years go to NYS Comptroller. | |
| New York County | not yet verified |
| Niagara County | not yet verified |
| Oneida County | not yet verified |
| Onondaga Countyverified 2026-07-21Onondaga County — official county website (County Executive; Real Property Tax Services); no dedicated surplus/unclaimed funds page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Ontario County | not yet verified |
| Orange Countyverified 2026-07-21Orange County — official county website (County Executive); domain migrating to orangecountyny.gov 9/30/26; no dedicated surplus page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Orleans County | not yet verified |
| Oswego Countyverified 2026-07-21Oswego County — County Treasurer surplus funds page (claim form; court/attorney process). | |
| Otsego County | not yet verified |
| Putnam County | not yet verified |
| Queens County | not yet verified |
| Rensselaer County | not yet verified |
| Richmond County | not yet verified |
| Rockland Countyverified 2026-07-21Rockland County — official county website (County Executive); no dedicated surplus/unclaimed funds page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Saratoga County | not yet verified |
| Schenectady County | not yet verified |
| Schoharie County | not yet verified |
| Schuyler County | not yet verified |
| Seneca County | not yet verified |
| St. Lawrence County | not yet verified |
| Steuben County | not yet verified |
| Suffolk County | not yet verified |
| Sullivan County | not yet verified |
| Tioga County | not yet verified |
| Tompkins County | not yet verified |
| Ulster County | not yet verified |
| Warren County | not yet verified |
| Washington County | not yet verified |
| Wayne County | not yet verified |
| Westchester Countyverified 2026-07-21Westchester County — official county website (County Executive; Department of Finance / Tax Commission); no dedicated surplus/unclaimed funds page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Wyoming County | not yet verified |
| Yates County | not yet verified |