N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 802: Approval and filing of bonds; designation of clerk 1

§ 802. Approval and filing of bonds; designation of clerk

1. All bonds must be approved by the court. The court may by order

authorize one or more clerks or law assistants to approve bonds.

Approval of a bond must be endorsed thereon and when so endorsed the

bond must be filed in the court.

2. Each surety on a bond shall file an acknowledged instrument stating

his domiciliary address and designating the chief clerk of court and his

successors in office as a person upon whom any process of any court of

the state may be served in any action or proceeding relating to the bond

with like effect as if served personally upon the surety whenever the

surety after due diligence cannot be found and served within the state

of New York.

3. A corporate surety licensed to transact business in the state shall

be deemed to have complied with the requirements of this section if it

has filed or does file one acknowledged instrument which applies to all

bonds of the corporate surety filed and approved after the date of the

filing and which by its term is of indefinite duration and irrevocable.

4. The filing of a designation by a corporate surety shall have the

same effect as if a separate designation had been filed with each bond

to which it is a party.