Short title; how cited · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1-1.1 Short title; how cited
This chapter shall be known as the Estates, Powers and Trusts Law and may be cited as EPTL. A section of this law may be cited by article, part and section number, to wit, EPTL 1-1.1, which refers to article 1, part 1, section 1, without being preceded by the word article, part or section or the symbol §.
This chapter is the Estates, Powers and Trusts Law, cited EPTL. A citation such as EPTL 1-1.1 means article 1, part 1, section 1, without adding labels or §. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Surrogate's Court: Court Rules & the EPTL; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.