{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-905","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 905","heading":"Actions and proceedings maintainable by or against a temporary administrator 1","body":"§ 905. Actions and proceedings maintainable by or against a temporary\n         administrator\n  1.  A temporary administrator may maintain any action or proceeding\nfor the purpose of taking into his possession, securing and preserving\nall property of a decedent, absentee or internee or for determining the\nownership of property.\n  2.  Any action or proceeding may be maintained against a temporary\nadministrator upon a debt of the decedent, absentee or internee or upon\nany cause of action to which the decedent, absentee or internee would\nhave been a party in like manner and with like effect as if he were an\nadministrator.","path":["Surrogate's Court Procedure Act","Article 9. Temporary Administration--absentees and Internees"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/SCP/905","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"2b0469d962d2830eb57219caf6087f26e04669aca7a30a092d34130517db642c","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-903","next":"us-ny/n.y.-surrogate-s-court-procedure-act-906"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}