{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-508","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 508","heading":"Before whom testimony may be taken; issuance of commission","body":"§ 508. Before whom testimony may be taken; issuance of commission.\n  1.  Testimony may be taken within or without the state or in a foreign\ncountry by an attorney in addition to the persons enumerated in CPLR\n3113 (a).\n  2.  The court may issue a commission to a person authorized to take a\ncommission under CPLR 3113 or to an attorney of this state or of the\njurisdiction in which the commission is to be taken.","path":["Surrogate's Court Procedure Act","Article 5. Trials and Hearings"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/SCP/508","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"5d773e5387cbf0b47db687c0d5c80ae40d44614189cd69e62b88daf0c86367ac","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-507","next":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}