4304 - Delivery of document of gift. - New York Statutes

§ 4304. Delivery of document of gift. If the gift is made by the donor to a specified donee, the will, card or other document or an executed copy thereof, may be delivered to him to expedite the appropriate procedures immediately after death delivery is not necessary to validity of the gift. The will, card or other document, or an executed copy thereof, may be deposited in any hospital, bank, storage facility or registry office that accepts it for safekeeping or for facilitation of procedures after death. On request of an interested party upon or after the donor's death, the person in possession shall produce the document for examination.