§ 201. Action for recovery of property. Whenever the attorney-general
has good reason to believe that the title to, or right of possession of,
any real property has vested in the people of the state by escheat
whether from defect of heirs, alienage or otherwise, or by conviction or
outlawry for treason as provided in section eight hundred nineteen of
the code of criminal procedure, he may commence an action to recover the
property.