Qualification of trustee appointed by another court When the supreme court appoints a testamentary trustee a certified copy of the order ... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1503. Qualification of trustee appointed by another court
When the supreme court appoints a testamentary trustee a certified copy of the order or decree of appointment and of the bond given by the trustee shall be filed in the surrogate's court of the county having jurisdiction of the trust and a minute thereof shall be made and indexed in the book kept by the court in which orders or decrees appointing trustees are entered. The trustee shall file in such surrogate's court the oath or consent and the instrument of designation required of such fiduciary and letters shall thereupon issue to him from such court. He shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities of a testamentary trustee appointed by the surrogate's court.
When the Supreme Court appoints a testamentary trustee, a certified copy of the appointment order or decree and of the trustee's bond must be filed in the surrogate's court of the county with jurisdiction of the trust, and a minute is made and indexed in the court's book of trustee appointments. ★ The trustee files the oath or consent and the instrument of designation, and letters then issue from that court. The trustee has all the duties and liabilities of a testamentary trustee appointed by the surrogate's court.
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.