Foreign wills; evidence after lapse of time The exemplification of the record of a will which has been duly proved before a court or offi... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1424. Foreign wills; evidence after lapse of time
The exemplification of the record of a will which has been duly proved before a court or officer of competent jurisdiction in any other state, shall, when certified by the officer having by law custody of the record at the time the certificate was made, be admitted in evidence as if the original will was produced and proved when 20 years have elapsed since the will was so proved.
After 20 years have passed since a will was proved in another state, a properly certified copy of that court record is admissible as though the original will had been produced and proved. ★
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.