Expenses Where upon the application of any party the surrogate or any of the personnel of the court goes to a place other than the court ... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 2404. Expenses
Where upon the application of any party the surrogate or any of the personnel of the court goes to a place other than the court in order to take testimony or to produce records or for any purpose required by law, the person so going shall be paid by such party his actual and necessary expenses.
When, at a party's request, the Surrogate or court staff travel somewhere other than the court (to take testimony, produce records, or for any purpose the law requires), that party pays the traveler's actual and necessary expenses. ★
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.