§ 1101 Incumbents
§ 1102 Appointment and removal; terms of office
§ 1103 Deputy public administrator
§ 1104 Oath and bond
§ 1105 Compensation
§ 1106 Commissions
§ 1107 Deposit of funds
§ 1108 Staff; salaries; offices
§ 1109 Monthly reports to court, mayor and comptroller; annual audit
§ 1110 Responsibility of the city
§ 1111 Vacancy in office; delivery of money, papers and effects
§ 1112 Authority to act
§ 1113 Reports of deaths and burials
§ 1114 Inquiry and subpoena
§ 1115 Letters not required for small estates
§ 1116 Application for letters; when court may direct probate
§ 1117 No separate bond or oath
§ 1118 Powers before issuance of letters
§ 1119 Notice to consuls
§ 1120 Appearance by consuls
§ 1121 Grant of letters to others
§ 1122 Delivery of estate assets to fiduciary; expenses, costs and commissions
§ 1123 General powers of public administrator
§ 1124 Appeal; bond
§ 1125 Notification to corporation counsel
§ 1126 Property without value where no administration had
§ 1127 Disposition of records after 10 years
§ 1128 Administrative board for the offices of the public administrators

Terms Used In New York Laws > Surrogates Court Procedure > Article 11 - Public Administrators of the Counties Within the City of New York

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Gross estate: The total fair market value of all property and property interests, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of which a decedent had beneficial ownership at the time of death before subtractions for deductions, debts, administrative expenses, and casualty losses suffered during estate administration.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.