Legislation
SECTION 701
Requisites of letters 1
Surrogate's Court Procedure Act (SCP) CHAPTER 59-A, ARTICLE 7
§ 701. Requisites of letters
1. Letters granted by any court to a fiduciary shall be issued in the
name of the people of the state, attested in the name of the judge of
the court, sealed with the seal of the court and signed by the court or
the chief clerk of the court or such other officer as the chief clerk
shall have authorized or deputized for the purpose.
2. To all letters of guardianship of the property of an infant, the
court must cause a copy of 1719 and 1720 to be annexed or printed
thereon.
3. No court except the court which issues letters shall have power to
suspend, modify or revoke them, so long as the court issuing them has
jurisdiction of the estate or matter in which the letters were issued.
1. Letters granted by any court to a fiduciary shall be issued in the
name of the people of the state, attested in the name of the judge of
the court, sealed with the seal of the court and signed by the court or
the chief clerk of the court or such other officer as the chief clerk
shall have authorized or deputized for the purpose.
2. To all letters of guardianship of the property of an infant, the
court must cause a copy of 1719 and 1720 to be annexed or printed
thereon.
3. No court except the court which issues letters shall have power to
suspend, modify or revoke them, so long as the court issuing them has
jurisdiction of the estate or matter in which the letters were issued.