§ 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.