SCPA § 2403

Fees of court reporter in surrogate's court Except where otherwise agreed or when special provision is otherwise made by statute a court ...  ·  as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 2403. Fees of court reporter in surrogate's court

Except where otherwise agreed or when special provision is otherwise made by statute a court reporter is entitled for a copy fully written out from his stenographic notes of the testimony required to be made in any proceeding for the record of the court to 20 cents for each folio and the court may order that the fees therefor be paid out of the estate to which the proceeding relates.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/SCP/2403

In plain English

Unless otherwise agreed or provided by statute, a Surrogate's Court court reporter gets 20 cents per folio for a written-out copy of testimony the court requires for its record. ★ The court may order that fee paid out of the estate the proceeding concerns.

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.