N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 1308: Liability of voluntary administrator collecting assets 1

§ 1308. Liability of voluntary administrator collecting assets

1. A voluntary administrator shall be answerable and accountable to

all persons including creditors and distributees of the decedent,

beneficiaries named in the will filed with the affidavit and to any

fiduciary thereafter appointed, aggrieved by his administration of the

decedent's estate under this article, in the same manner as now provided

by this act concerning a fiduciary.

2. A voluntary administrator or other person who wilfully and

knowingly makes a false affidavit in order to obtain personal property

of the decedent as provided in this article, is subject to prosecution

for perjury and upon conviction shall be punishable as provided by law

in relation to such crime.