Notification to foreign consuls · as in force on May 31, 2026
Where it appears that an intestate who died, or any party interested in the estate of the intestate, is the subject of a foreign power whose consul is entitled by treaty to administration or intervention, notice of the application for the appointment of an administrator shall be given such consul.
If an intestate decedent, or anyone interested in the intestate's estate, is a subject of a foreign power whose consul is entitled by treaty to administration or intervention, notice of the application to appoint an administrator shall be given to that consul. ★
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.