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A 3209: Eliminates filing fees for wills filed for safekeeping in the surrogate's court.
What A 3209 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to eliminate certain filing fees in the state of New York. It proposes to reduce or eliminate the following fees: The demand for trial by jury, objections to the probate of a will, and a note of issue in any proceeding would be reduced from $150.00 to $45.00. The objection or answer in any action or proceeding, other than probate, would be reduced from $75.00 to $45.00. The fee for a will for safekeeping would be reduced from $45.00 to $20.00. The bond filing fees would be reduced for amounts under $10,000 from $20.00 to $10.00 and for amounts of $10,000 and over from $30.00 to $20.00.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to judiciary (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 3209
- What is the current status of A 3209?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 3209 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to judiciary".
- Did A 3209 pass?
- Not yet. A 3209 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 3209, and where is it now?
- A 3209 was authored by Asm. Angelo Santabarbara. Its committee of record is Assembly Judiciary.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to judiciary |
| Jan. 23, 2025 | referred to judiciary |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 23, 2025 · 259 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3209 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to eliminating certain will filing fees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 2402 of the surrogate's court 2 procedure act, as amended by section 30 of part J of chapter 62 of the 3 laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 4 9. For filing: 5 Fee Rate 6 (i) a demand for trial by jury in any proceeding, SCPA 7 502 .................................................... $150.00 8 (ii) objections to the probate of a will SCPA 1410 ............ 150.00 9 (iii) a note of issue in any proceeding ........................ 45.00 10 (iv) objection or answer in any action or proceeding 11 other than probate ..................................... 75.00 12 (v) [a will for safekeeping pursuant to section 2507 of13this act except that the court in any county may14reduce or dispense with such fee ....................... 45.0015(vi)] a bond, including any additional bond: 16 less than $10,000 ...................................... 20.00 17 $10,000 and over ....................................... 30.00 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 19 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06258-01-5
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