N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 1307: Duties A voluntary administrator shall 1

§ 1307. Duties

A voluntary administrator shall

1. Deposit in an estate bank account to be opened by him in a bank,

trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association or federal

savings and loan association in this state, credit union or federal

credit union in this state all money received. He shall sign all checks

drawn on or withdrawals from the account in the name of the estate by

himself as voluntary administrator. Without compensation for his

services, he shall pay so far as possible out of the decedent's assets

coming into his possession, the necessary expenses of administration,

the reasonable funeral expenses of the decedent and the decedent's debts

in the order provided by law. He shall then distribute the balance to

the person or persons entitled and in the amount or amounts provided by

EPTL 4-1.1 if decedent died intestate or if a will is filed which is

valid on its face, he shall distribute to the persons named in such

will, subject to the right of any person affected to contest such will

at any time.

2. Account for all personal property of the decedent received and

disbursed by him by filing with the clerk of the court a statement of

all assets collected and of all payments and distributions made by him

and receipts for or cancelled checks evidencing such payments and

distributions. No fee shall be charged for the filing of such account.