Removal of papers · as in force on May 31, 2026
No record or document filed in the court shall be removed therefrom by any person except on written consent of the Surrogate or the clerk. Suitable facilities shall be designated by the Surrogate for the examination or transcription of records and documents by parties or attorneys.
No one may remove a record or document filed in the Surrogate's Court except on the written consent of the Surrogate or the clerk. ★ The Surrogate shall designate suitable facilities where parties or attorneys may examine or copy records and documents.
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.