N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 1204: Separate bonds Except in the counties of Erie and Onondaga the public administrator upon entering upon his duties in every estate the gro...

§ 1204. Separate bonds

Except in the counties of Erie and Onondaga the public administrator

upon entering upon his duties in every estate the gross assets of which

exceed the monetary amount defined as a small estate pursuant to

subdivision 1 of section 1301 of this act, shall file a bond in a penal

sum to be fixed by the court not less than the value of the personal

property and the estimated gross rents for 18 months of the real

property of which the decedent died seized or possessed and of the

probable amount to be received by reason of any right of action granted

to a fiduciary for damages for the wrongful death of the decedent. The

public administrator in the counties of Erie and Onondaga shall file a

bond in every estate in which he shall be appointed or be entitled to

act pursuant to section 1211 of this article after the effective date of

this act in a penal sum fixed by the court to be determined by such

proof as the court deems proper. The bond must be conditioned that the

public administrator or his successor will faithfully discharge the

trust reposed in him as such and obey all lawful decrees and orders of

the court touching the administration of the estate committed to him.

The cost of the bond shall be borne by the estate in each instance.