{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "scpa", "section": "1416", "citation": "SCPA § 1416", "heading": "Executor failing to qualify or renounce; how excluded 1", "text": ["§ 1416. Executor failing to qualify or renounce; how excluded", "1.  Upon the application of a fiduciary, a person interested or a creditor, the court shall direct an executor named in a will to qualify within a time specified by the court or in default of so doing to be deemed to have renounced the appointment in any case where", "(a)  a person named as executor in a will does not qualify or renounce within 15 days after probate thereof or", "(b)  a person chosen by virtue of a power in a will does not qualify or renounce within 15 days after the filing of the instrument designating him or", "(c)  objections are filed to the grant of letters to a person named as executor in a will or chosen by virtue of a power therein contained and such person does not qualify or renounce within 5 days after the objections have been determined in his favor or, in a case specified in 710, within 5 days after an objection to letters has been established.", "2.  Where it appears by affidavit or other written proof to the satisfaction of the court that such an order cannot with due diligence be served personally within the state upon the person therein named the court may prescribe the manner in which it must be served.", "3.  If the person so designated executor does not qualify within the time fixed or within such further time as the court may allow for that purpose an order shall be made declaring that he has renounced his appointment as executor.  Such an order may be revoked by the court and letters testamentary issued to the person so failing to renounce or qualify upon his application in a case where he might have retracted an express renunciation as prescribed in the succeeding section."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/SCP/1416", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "On application of a **fiduciary, interested person or creditor**, the court **must order** a nominated executor to qualify within a set time or be **deemed to have renounced**, when:\n- **(1)(a)** a named executor does not qualify or renounce **within 15 days after probate**;\n- **(1)(b)** a person chosen under a power in the will does not qualify or renounce **within 15 days after the designating instrument is filed**; or\n- **(1)(c)** after objections to his or her letters, the person does not qualify or renounce **within 5 days after the objections are determined in his or her favor**, or, in a § 710 case, **within 5 days after an objection to letters has been established**. ★\n- **(2)** If written proof shows the order cannot with due diligence be **personally served within the state**, the court may prescribe how it is served.\n- **(3)** If the executor does not qualify in the time fixed (or any extension), an **order declaring renunciation** is made; the court may revoke it and issue letters on his or her application where an express renunciation could have been retracted under the next section. ★", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/scpa/1416", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}