SCPA § 107

Use of electronic filing authorized 1 · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 107. Use of electronic filing authorized

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the chief administrator of the courts may authorize a program in the use of electronic means in the surrogate's court as provided in article twenty-one-A of the civil practice law and rules.

2. For purposes of this section, "electronic means" shall be as defined in subdivision (f) of rule twenty-one hundred three of the civil practice law and rules.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/SCP/107

In plain English

The chief court administrator may authorize electronic filing in Surrogate’s Court under the stated CPLR provisions.

(1) Despite other law, the chief administrator may authorize a Surrogate’s Court electronic-means program under CPLR article 21-A. ★
(2) “Electronic means” has the definition in CPLR rule 2103(f).

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 2 — The Surrogate's Court Procedure Act; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.