N.Y. Public Health Law Section 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 a copy of the executed document, may be delivered to him or her to expedite the appropriate procedures immediately after death; however delivery is not necessary to the validity of the gift. On request of an interested party upon or after the donor’s death, the person in possession shall produce the document for examination.

Source: Section 4304 — Delivery of document of gift, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBH/4304 (updated Apr. 24, 2020; accessed Oct. 25, 2025).

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