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ARTICLE 7
General Provisions Relating to Letters
Surrogate's Court Procedure Act (SCP) CHAPTER 59-A
SECTION 701
Requisites of letters 1
SECTION 702
Limited and restrictive letters Letters may be granted limiting and restricting the powers and rights of the holder thereof: 1
SECTION 703
Letters evidence of authority; effect of appeal 1
SECTION 704
Priority among different letters A person who applies in good faith therefor, and to whom letters are first issued from a court having ju...
SECTION 705
Time, how reckoned upon successive letters Where it is prescribed by law that an act must or may be done within a specified time after le...
SECTION 706
When surviving or remaining fiduciary may act; when successor must be appointed 1
SECTION 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
SECTION 708
Qualification of fiduciaries Before letters are granted to a fiduciary, the fiduciary shall file in the surrogate's court or family court: 1
SECTION 709
Objection to grant of letters or appointment of lifetime trustee Any person interested, including a nominated fiduciary, before letters a...
SECTION 710
Objections which require bond from fiduciary not otherwise required to file bond 1
SECTION 711
Suspension, modification or revocation of letters or removal for disqualification or misconduct In any of the following cases a co-fiduci...
SECTION 712
Petition; process thereupon; suspension A petition as prescribed in the preceding section must show that the case is one therein specifie...
SECTION 713
Hearing; decree Upon the return of process issued as prescribed in the preceding section the court may make a decree suspending, modifyin...
SECTION 714
Certain orders or decrees of other courts to be filed in the surrogate's court Whenever the supreme court shall suspend or remove or acce...
SECTION 715
Application by fiduciary for permission to resign A fiduciary may present to the court at any time a petition praying that he or she be p...
SECTION 716
Proceedings thereupon If it shall be determined that the petition should be granted, an intermediate order may be entered forthwith or at...
SECTION 717
Suspension of powers of fiduciaries in war service 1
SECTION 718
Nominated fiduciaries in war service 1
SECTION 719
In what cases letters may be suspended, modified or revoked, or a lifetime trustee removed or his powers suspended or modified, without p...
SECTION 720
Effect and contents of decree suspending, modifying or revoking letters or removing a lifetime trustee or suspending or modifying his pow...
SECTION 721
Preceding section qualified The preceding section does not affect the liability of a person to whom money or other property has been deli...
SECTION 722
Deposit of securities may be ordered on revocation of letters or removal When upon the revocation of letters or removal of a fiduciary a ...
SECTION 723
Copy of letters issued to chief fiscal officer of county to be transmitted to comptroller
SECTION 724
Inapplicability to lifetime trustees Except as otherwise expressly provided or required by context, this article shall not be applicable ...
SECTION 725
Rules relating to estate valuation after letters The chief administrator of the courts shall promulgate rules to insure that, after lette...
ARTICLE 7

GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LETTERS

Section

701. Requisites of letters.

702. Limited and restrictive letters.

703. Letters evidence of authority; effect of appeal.

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.

707. Eligibility to receive letters.

708. Qualification of fiduciaries.

709. Objection to grant of letters or appointment of lifetime

trustee.

710. Objections which require bond from fiduciary not otherwise

required to file bond.

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.

718. Nominated fiduciaries in war service.

719. In what cases letters may be suspended, modified or revoked, or

a lifetime trustee removed or his powers suspended or

modified, without process.

720. Effect and contents of decree suspending, modifying or revoking

letters or removing a lifetime trustee or suspending or

modifying his powers.

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.