{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-1210","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 1210","heading":"Application for letters; when court may direct probate 1","body":"§ 1210. Application for letters; when court may direct probate\n  1. The public administrator shall have the power to apply for and\nreceive letters as defined in this act.\n  2. The court may, pursuant to 1402, direct the public administrator to\npresent a petition for the probate of a will at any time after it is\nfiled.","path":["Surrogate's Court Procedure Act","Article 12. Public Administrators In the Counties of Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Onondaga, Suffolk and Westchester and County Treasurers Appointed Administrators"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/SCP/1210","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"17d805d8be904ff3e0f2fe8bda58e2f064a82e4cdd800fa94e67df710f60d6c2","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-1209","next":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-1211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}