SCPA § 2214

Property of estate to be delivered on order 1 · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 2214. Property of estate to be delivered on order

1. The court has jurisdiction to compel a fiduciary or the fiduciary or successor of any deceased fiduciary at any time to deliver any of the property of the estate which has come into his possession or is under his control and if it be delivered over after a decree must allow such credit upon the decree as justice shall require.

2. The court has jurisdiction when a fiduciary has died, absconded, become incompetent, has been removed or his letters have been revoked to direct him or any person, firm or corporation having possession or control of any property belonging to the estate to deliver it to the court or a successor appointed by the court or as directed by the decree made pursuant to 2207 or CPLR 2510.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/SCP/2214

In plain English

The court can order estate property handed over.

(1) At any time, the court can compel a fiduciary, or the fiduciary or successor of a deceased fiduciary, to deliver any estate property they hold or control. If it is delivered after a decree, the court gives fair credit against the decree.
(2) When a fiduciary has died, absconded, become incompetent, been removed or had letters revoked, the court can order them, or any person, firm or corporation holding estate property, to deliver it to the court, to a court-appointed successor, or as a § 2207 or CPLR 2510 decree directs. ★

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.

In print

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.