Recording wills proved within the state 1 · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 2506. Recording wills proved within the state
1. A certified copy of a will of real property admitted to probate in any court of competent jurisdiction of the state must be recorded in the office of the county clerk or register as the case requires of any county in which real property of the testator is situated, upon the request of any person interested.
2. The fiduciary under a will of real property must cause a certified copy thereof to be recorded in each county where real property of the testator is situate, other than the county of the testator's domicile, within 20 days after letters are issued to him.
3. An exemplification of the record of such a will from any court where recorded either before or after this chapter takes effect may be in like manner recorded in the office of the clerk or register of any county.
Recording probated wills that pass 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.