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Article 7: General Provisions Relating to Letters

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
§ 701 Requisites of letters 1 § 702 Limited and restrictive letters Letters may be granted limiting and restricting the powers and rights of the holder thereof: 1 § 703 Letters evidence of authority; effect of appeal 1 § 704 Priority among different letters § 705 Time, how reckoned upon successive letters § 706 When surviving or remaining fiduciary may act; when successor must be appointed 1 § 707 Eligibility to receive letters Letters may issue to a natural person or to a person authorized by law to be a fiduciary except as follows: 1 § 708 Qualification of fiduciaries Before letters are granted to a fiduciary, the fiduciary shall file in the surrogate's court or family court: 1 § 709 Objection to grant of letters or appointment of lifetime trustee § 710 Objections which require bond from fiduciary not otherwise required to file bond 1 § 711 Suspension, modification or revocation of letters or removal for disqualification or misconduct § 712 Petition; process thereupon; suspension § 713 Hearing; decree § 714 Certain orders or decrees of other courts to be filed in the surrogate's court § 715 Application by fiduciary for permission to resign § 716 Proceedings thereupon § 717 Suspension of powers of fiduciaries in war service 1 § 718 Nominated fiduciaries in war service 1 § 719 In what cases letters may be suspended, modified or revoked, or a lifetime trustee removed or his powers suspended or modified, without p.. § 720 Effect and contents of decree suspending, modifying or revoking letters or removing a lifetime trustee or suspending or modifying his pow.. § 721 Preceding section qualified § 722 Deposit of securities may be ordered on revocation of letters or removal § 723 Copy of letters issued to chief fiscal officer of county to be transmitted to comptroller § 724 Inapplicability to lifetime trustees § 725 Rules relating to estate valuation after letters