2006 New York Code - Non-domiciliaries; Jurisdiction And Venue

 
  § 206. Non-domiciliaries; jurisdiction and venue
    1.  The  surrogate's  court  of  any  county has jurisdiction over the
  estate of any non-domiciliary decedent who leaves property in the state,
  or a cause of action for wrongful death against  a  domiciliary  of  the
  state.  The proper venue for proceedings relating to such estates is the
  county (a) where the non-domiciliary  decedent  left  property,  or  (b)
  where  personal  property  belonging to the non-domiciliary decedent has
  since his death, disappearance  or  internment  come  into  and  remains
  unadministered,  or  (c)  of  the  domicile of the person against whom a
  non-domiciliary left a cause of action for wrongful death.
    2. Where venue may lie in more than one county under the provisions of
  subdivision one, the court where a proceeding is  first  commenced  with
  proper  venue  shall  retain  jurisdiction,  and matters relating to the
  estate of the non-domiciliary decedent pending in the surrogate's courts
  of other counties shall be transferred to it.
    3. A surrogate shall transfer any proceeding to the surrogate's  court
  of  the  proper  county either on his own motion or on the motion of any
  party.