Exhibits · as in force on May 31, 2026
(a) A party intending to offer an exhibit that can be readily duplicated or reproduced shall prepare extra copies for use at the trial. A party offering in evidence any paper in his or her possession shall submit a copy to opposing counsel for inspection.
(b) If a filed document is to form part of the evidence to be submitted at trial, such document or a certified copy shall be obtained or ordered from the clerk's office or other repository sufficiently in advance of trial to permit its production without delaying the trial.
(c) Whenever practicable, to avoid unnecessary delay during the trial, counsel shall hand exhibits for marking to the court reporter or other designated person prior to the opening statements or during a recess.
This rule sets how exhibits are prepared and handled for trial.
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.