EPTL § 1-2.12

Person  ·  as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 1-2.12 Person

The term "person" includes a natural person, an association, board, any corporation, whether municipal, stock or non-stock, court, governmental agency, authority or subdivision, partnership or other firm and the state.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/EPT/1-2.12

In plain English

“Person” includes an individual, association, board, any municipal, stock, or non-stock corporation, court, government agency, authority or subdivision, partnership or other firm, and New York State. ★

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.

In print

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.