Record of wills; evidence A certified copy of the record of the decree admitting a will to probate and of the record of the will so admit... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1422. Record of wills; evidence
A certified copy of the record of the decree admitting a will to probate and of the record of the will so admitted to probate shall be received in evidence in any court in any action or proceeding with the same force and effect as if the original will had been produced and proved in such action or proceeding. The recording of a will in the court shall be evidence that it was duly admitted to probate.
A certified copy of the probate decree and recorded will is admissible in any court with the same force as the original will. ★ Recording the will in court is evidence that it was duly admitted to probate.
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 2 — The Surrogate's Court Procedure Act; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.