SCPA § 603

Transcript of decree or order 1 · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 603. Transcript of decree or order

1. Clerk to furnish transcript. Upon the application of any person, the clerk must furnish to him a transcript of any decree or order. If it be for other than money only, the clerk shall insert in the transcript a brief statement of the nature of the relief awarded. Such statement may be inserted under "remarks" as contained in the form set forth in section 255-c of the judiciary law.

2. Docketing with county clerk. A transcript of a decree or order of the court may be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the court is located and upon such filing the clerk shall docket the decree or order in like manner and with like effect as a judgment entered in the supreme court within the county. The filing and docketing and any subsequent filing and docketing with any other county clerk shall be governed by the CPLR.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/SCP/603

In plain English

The clerk furnishes transcripts of decrees and orders, which can be docketed like Supreme Court judgments.

(1) On any person's application, the clerk must furnish a transcript of any decree or order. If it is for other than money only, the clerk inserts a brief statement of the relief awarded, which may go under "remarks" in the form in Judiciary Law § 255-c.
(2) The transcript may be filed with the clerk of the county in which the court is located, who then dockets the decree or order like a Supreme Court judgment entered in that county, with the same effect. ★ That filing and any later filing with other county clerks are governed by the CPLR. ★

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.