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N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 701: Requisites of letters 1

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  1. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act
  2. Article 7. General Provisions Relating to Letters

§ 701. Requisites of letters

1. Letters granted by any court to a fiduciary shall be issued in the

name of the people of the state, attested in the name of the judge of

the court, sealed with the seal of the court and signed by the court or

the chief clerk of the court or such other officer as the chief clerk

shall have authorized or deputized for the purpose.

2. To all letters of guardianship of the property of an infant, the

court must cause a copy of 1719 and 1720 to be annexed or printed

thereon.

3. No court except the court which issues letters shall have power to

suspend, modify or revoke them, so long as the court issuing them has

jurisdiction of the estate or matter in which the letters were issued.

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