Codicil · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1-2.1 Codicil
A codicil is a supplement to a will, either adding to, taking from or altering its provisions or confirming it in whole or in part by republication, but not totally revoking such will.
A codicil supplements a will by adding, removing, or changing provisions, or by republishing and confirming some or all of it; it does not totally revoke the will. ★
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.