N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 1002: Petition; persons entitled to petition for appointment of an administrator 1

§ 1002. Petition; persons entitled to petition for appointment of an

administrator

1. Any person interested in the estate of an intestate or of a person

alleged to be deceased or any person to whose appointment as

administrator all distributees consent pursuant to 1001 or a public

administrator, the chief fiscal officer of the county, creditor or a

person interested in an action brought or about to be brought in which

the intestate or the person alleged to be deceased, if living, would be

a proper party may present a petition to the court having jurisdiction

praying for a decree granting letters of administration to him or to

another person upon the estate of the intestate or the person alleged to

be deceased.

2. The petition must allege the citizenship of the petitioner and the

decedent or person alleged to be deceased, that the decedent or person

alleged to be deceased left no will, or that the case is within 1001,

subdivision 9 and must state whether or not the intestate or person

alleged to be deceased left any

(a) personal property and its estimated value and

(b) real property, whether it is improved or unimproved, a brief

description thereof, the estimated value of the real property and

improvements, if any, and the estimated gross rents for the period of 18

months.