{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-206","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 206","heading":"Non-domiciliaries; jurisdiction and venue 1","body":"§ 206. Non-domiciliaries; jurisdiction and venue\n  1. The surrogate's court of any county has jurisdiction over the\nestate of any non-domiciliary decedent who leaves property in the state,\nor a cause of action for wrongful death against a domiciliary of the\nstate. The proper venue for proceedings relating to such estates is the\ncounty (a) where the non-domiciliary decedent left property, or (b)\nwhere personal property belonging to the non-domiciliary decedent has\nsince his death, disappearance or internment come into and remains\nunadministered, or (c) of the domicile of the person against whom a\nnon-domiciliary left a cause of action for wrongful death.\n  2. Where venue may lie in more than one county under the provisions of\nsubdivision one, the court where a proceeding is first commenced with\nproper venue shall retain jurisdiction, and matters relating to the\nestate of the non-domiciliary decedent pending in the surrogate's courts\nof other counties shall be transferred to it.\n  3. A surrogate shall transfer any proceeding to the surrogate's court\nof the proper county either on his own motion or on the motion of any\nparty.","path":["Surrogate's Court Procedure Act","Article 2. Jurisdiction and Powers"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/SCP/206","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"a480a47952ea870d77ecf279c03de595f3afdab84d445f33dc95881e784017d6","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-205","next":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}