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Article 19: Disposition of Real Property

New York Surrogate's Court Procedure Act – 2026

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Article 1: General Article 2: Jurisdiction and Powers Article 3: Proceedings, Pleadings and Process Article 4: Appearance; Protection of Persons Under Disability; Counsel For Indigent Adults In Surrogate's Court Proceedings Article 5: Trials and Hearings Article 6: Orders and Decrees Article 7: General Provisions Relating to Letters Article 8: General Provisions Relating to Bonds Article 9: Temporary Administration--absentees and Internees Article 10: Intestate Administration Article 11: Public Administrators of the Counties Within the City of New York Article 12: Public Administrators In the Counties of Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Onondaga, Suffolk and Westchester and County Treasurers Appointed Administrators Article 13: Settlement of Small Estates Without Court Administration Article 14: Probate Proceedings; Construction of Wills; Right of Election Article 15: Trusts and Trustees Article 16: Foreign Estates Article 17: Guardians and Custodians Article 17-A: Guardians of Persons Who Are Intellectually Disabled and Developmentally Disabled Article 18: Claims; Payment of Debts and Funeral Expenses Article 19: Disposition of Real Property Article 20: Proceeding to Open Safe Deposit Box Article 21: Miscellaneous Proceedings Article 22: Accounting Article 23: Costs, Allowances and Commissions Article 24: Court Fees Article 25: Records and Recording Article 26: The Surrogate's Court and Its Officers Article 27: Appeals Article 28: Repeal; Savings Clause; Effective Date
§ 1901 Real property subject to disposition; "disposition" and "fiduciary" defined 1 § 1902 For what purposes real property is subject to disposition The real property may be disposed of for any or all of the following purposes: 1 § 1903 Limitations 1 § 1904 Petition and process 1 § 1905 When disposition may be refused or delayed 1 § 1906 Trial and determination of debts, claims and expenses; statute of limitations 1 § 1907 Order determining disposition of real property 1 § 1908 Order in which parcels shall be sold § 1909 Rights of the parties to be determined; unknowns 1 § 1910 Bond of fiduciary 1 § 1911 Order to be executed and report made 1 § 1912 Effect of death of fiduciary 1 § 1913 Conclusiveness of mortgage, lease, conveyance or release executed pursuant to order § 1914 Execution of the order; decree of judicial settlement 1 § 1915 Allowance on bid to spouse, beneficiary or creditor purchasing 1 § 1916 Provision for payment of undetermined claims and debts not yet due § 1917 Effect of conveyance of decedent's interest under contract 1 § 1918 Right of life tenant to be considered in disposition; distribution of moneys realized § 1919 Restitution from assets subsequently discovered § 1920 Disposition of surplus in action to enforce mortgage or other lien 1 § 1921 Conveyance of real property by fiduciary to vendee of contract of sale made by decedent 1 § 1922 Conclusive presumption after 10 years § 1923 Fiduciary of a decedent to notify local assessor of disposition