Limitations 1 · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1903. Limitations
1. Unless a proceeding under this article to satisfy a debt of the decedent is brought within 18 months from the date when letters were issued to the original fiduciary and unless such letters were granted within 2 years after the date of the death of the decedent the title of a purchaser or mortgagee from the distributee or devisee of the decedent which was acquired before the proceeding was instituted cannot be affected in any way by the proceeding.
2. A proceeding under this article to satisfy any debt cannot be maintained when the real property is exempt by law from levy and sale by virtue of an execution.
3. A proceeding under this article to satisfy a legacy expressly or impliedly charged on the real property must be instituted within 10 years from the date of the death of the decedent.
Time and other limits on proceedings to dispose of real property.
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.