{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-1219","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 1219","heading":"Chief fiscal officer of county appointed administrator; qualifications; fees","body":"§ 1219. Chief fiscal officer of county appointed administrator;\nqualifications; fees. A chief fiscal officer of a county appointed\nadministrator of an estate shall qualify in the manner prescribed in 708\nof this act, shall be vested with all the powers and rights of an\nadministrator and be subject to the same duties and obligations and\nshall be allowed the same commissions as an administrator, which\ncommissions shall be in addition to the salary and fees now allowed by\nlaw to such chief fiscal officer. He may employ an attorney to act for\nhim as such administrator other than the one, if any, appointed to act\nas the county attorney or the official attorney of such chief fiscal\nofficer.\n  Where the administrator appointed as above provided leaves office,\nresigns or is removed from office, or dies, his successor in office,\nwith respect to each of the estates of which his predecessor in office\nwas appointed administrator, shall apply to be appointed administrator\nde bonis non, within one hundred twenty days after assuming office.\n  The chief fiscal officer shall be subject to the provisions of section\n1128 as it pertains to his administrator's duties.","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/1219","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"a558649245d5ca826b94dcf97c9488cc8fe944ed6ba94ad0037315c42de4ce8f","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-1218","next":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-1301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}