STATE OF NEW YORK
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2718
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 24, 2023
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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:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 2402 of the surrogate's court
2 procedure act, as amended by section 30 of part J of chapter 62 of the
3 laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
4 9. For filing:
5 Fee Rate
6 (i) a demand for trial by jury in any proceeding, SCPA
7 502 .................................................... $150.00
8 (ii) objections to the probate of a will SCPA 1410 ............ 150.00
9 (iii) a note of issue in any proceeding ........................ 45.00
10 (iv) objection or answer in any action or proceeding
11 other than probate ..................................... 75.00
12 (v) [a will for safekeeping pursuant to section 2507 of
13 this act except that the court in any county may
14 reduce or dispense with such fee ....................... 45.00
15 (vi)] a bond, including any additional bond:
16 less than $10,000 ...................................... 20.00
17 $10,000 and over ....................................... 30.00
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
19 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00475-01-3
