526 - Presentation of claims by jurors and disposition of unclaimed fees.

§  526.  Presentation of claims by jurors and disposition of unclaimed  fees. All jurors who have served in a court of the unified court  system  pursuant  to  a  duly issued summons as provided for in this article and  are entitled to an allowance therefor must present their claims  to  the  proper  official designated by law for the payment of juror's fees on or  before the thirty-first of December  of  the  year  next  succeeding  or  following  the  year in which such services were rendered and performed.  Failure to comply with this section shall be a forfeiture of the payment  for such claims or services. All summonses or notices issued pursuant to  this article requiring jurors to attend at a  term  of  court  or  at  a  session  of  the  grand  jury shall have imprinted thereon the foregoing  provision relating to forfeiture of fees. All  moneys  or  jurors'  fees  forfeited  by the provisions of this section shall be transferred to the  state comptroller and applied to the fund from which they were  paid  on  or before the first day of April, in each year.