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Senate Bill S5292

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Eliminates certain will filing fees

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2021-S5292 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6444
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Surrogate's Court Procedure Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §2402, SCPA
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S2718, A3536
2025-2026: S2532, A3209

2021-S5292 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates filing fees for wills filed for safekeeping in the surrogate's court.

2021-S5292 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5292 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5292
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court  procedure  act,  in  relation  to
   eliminating certain will filing fees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section  2402  of  the  surrogate's  court
 procedure  act,  as amended by section 30 of part J of chapter 62 of the
 laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   9. For filing:
                                                                 Fee Rate
 (i)   a demand for trial by jury in any  proceeding,  SCPA
         502 .................................................... $150.00
 (ii)  objections to the probate of a will SCPA 1410 ............  150.00
 (iii) a note of issue in any proceeding ........................   45.00
 (iv)  objection  or  answer  in  any  action or proceeding
         other than probate .....................................   75.00
 (v)   [a will for safekeeping pursuant to section 2507  of
         this  act  except that the court in any county may
         reduce or dispense with such fee .......................   45.00
 (vi)]  a bond, including any additional bond:
         less than $10,000 ......................................   20.00
         $10,000 and over .......................................   30.00
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09911-01-1

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