A 577 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to filing in surrogate's court

Summary

Provides that a surrogate court clerk or chief clerk shall refuse to accept for filing papers filed in a proceeding only under certain circumstances or as designated in statute, administrative rule or order of the court; provides such reasons; requires the payment of any applicable statutory fees, or an order of the court waiving payment of such fees, before accepting a paper for filing; makes related provisions.

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Jan 2025

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Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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A577 → A577A · 3 edits

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This bill amendment primarily updates the bill's title and status information to reflect that it has been processed by the Judiciary Committee. The substantive policy content regarding court filing procedures remains unchanged.

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Bill number updated from 'A 577' to 'A 577--A' to indicate committee processing status

Added committee status line indicating the bill was discharged, amended, and recommitted to the Judiciary Committee

Minor formatting adjustments to the bill header and page numbering

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Jan 7, 2026

Assembly · Referred to committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

May 20, 2025

Assembly · Amendment adopted

PRINT NUMBER 577A

May 20, 2025

Assembly · Amendment adopted

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

Jan 8, 2025

Assembly · Referred to committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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