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Escheated lands are defined as unclaimed, abandoned, or uninherited property that passes to the custody of the state (Abandoned Property Law, Art. 2). Escheat insures that the property always has a recognized owner, which would be the state if no other claimants to ownership exist. Real property permanently reverts to the state if a rightful claimant does not petition the Office of General Services within 40 years.
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