N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Law § 1414
When letters testamentary may be issued 1
New York · New York Surrogate's Court Procedure Law · Status: effective · Effective 2014-09-22
Cite this
- Citation
- N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Law § 1414, When letters testamentary may be issued 1, New York, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1129809
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:1129809@1- SHA-256
355cab96b1ce4419e9161464cca255e71af0b898bd84758b7fee17296e42e641
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
§ 1414. When letters testamentary may be issued
1. After a will has been admitted to probate any person entitled to
letters thereunder who is eligible and who appears and qualifies is
entitled to letters testamentary.
2. Where a judgment has been rendered in an action establishing a
will the surrogate must record the will and issue letters as directed by
the judgment.
3. A person entitled to letters upon a contingency may appear and
show that the contingency has happened by which he is entitled to such
letters.
4. A person named as an executor by a person other than the testator
under a valid power contained in a will must appear and file an
acknowledged selection of himself as an executor.