Small estate proceedings · as in force on May 31, 2026
In all proceedings for the settlement of small estates without court administration (SCPA article 13), if additional certificates of voluntary administration are requested, other than updated or replacement certificates for the same asset or assets as the original certificate, such request shall be accompanied by an affidavit from either the voluntary administrator or the attorney of record setting forth the reasons additional certificates are required.
This rule covers requests for more certificates in small estate proceedings without court administration (SCPA article 13): a request for additional certificates of voluntary administration, other than updated or replacement certificates for the same asset(s), shall come with an affidavit from the voluntary administrator or the attorney of record explaining why additional certificates are needed. ★
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.