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A 177: Provides for the establishment of a forty-five dollar fee for all motions made in pending proceedings and for ex parte applications in the surrogate's court.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 177 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill proposes to amend the <i>surrogate's court procedure act</i> to introduce a fee for certain motions made in the surrogate's court. A fee of <i>$45</i> is to be charged for all motions made in a pending proceeding or for ex parte applications. The fee will be in addition to any other costs or expenses associated with the motion or application. The changes will take effect immediately upon the bill's enactment.

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Last action: referred to judiciary (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to judiciary
Jan. 08, 2025referred to judiciary
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 162 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 177 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to charging a fee for any motions made in the surrogate's court The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2401 of the surrogate's court 2 procedure act is amended to read as follows: 3 4. Unless specifically indicated [no] a fee in an amount equal to 4 forty-five dollars is chargeable for all motions made in a pending 5 proceeding [or] and for ex parte applications. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01171-01-5 
Text of A 177 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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