Authentication of foreign will or letters In any case in which a foreign will or letters are required to be proved under this article, th... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1614. Authentication of foreign will or letters
In any case in which a foreign will or letters are required to be proved under this article, the will or letters shall be authenticated in the manner prescribed by the CPLR.
When this article requires proof of a foreign will or foreign letters, the document must be authenticated in the manner required by the CPLR. ★
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.