{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-1414","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 1414","heading":"When letters testamentary may be issued 1","body":"§ 1414. When letters testamentary may be issued\n  1.  After a will has been admitted to probate any person entitled to\nletters thereunder who is eligible and who appears and qualifies is\nentitled to letters testamentary.\n  2.  Where a judgment has been rendered in an action establishing a\nwill the surrogate must record the will and issue letters as directed by\nthe judgment.\n  3.  A person entitled to letters upon a contingency may appear and\nshow that the contingency has happened by which he is entitled to such\nletters.\n  4.  A person named as an executor by a person other than the testator\nunder a valid power contained in a will must appear and file an\nacknowledged selection of himself as an executor.","path":["Surrogate's Court Procedure Act","Article 14. Probate Proceedings; Construction of Wills; Right of Election"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/SCP/1414","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"e6bc3b03eb699f03b2dc7ec78b57198c46b023a2477e5e0018016b31dfc4e73f","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-1413","next":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-1415"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}