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2022 New York Laws
JUD - Judiciary
Article 6-A - County Judges, Surrogates and Certain District Attorneys
184 - Number of Judges of the Surrogate's Court, County Judges to Serve as Judges of Surrogate's Court.

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NY Jud L § 184 (2022)
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§  184.  Number  of  judges of the surrogate's court, county judges to
  serve as judges of surrogate's court. 1. The number  of  judges  of  the
  surrogate's court for each county, whether without or within the city of
  New  York,  shall be equal to the number of separate elective offices or
  office of judge of the surrogate's court for such county  authorized  by
  law  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  August, nineteen hundred sixty-two,
  except those authorized by certificate filed  pursuant  to  section  one
  hundred  eighty-nine-c  of  the  judiciary  law, as added by chapter six
  hundred ninety-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty, subsequent to
  March first, nineteen hundred sixty-two.

2. Except where a separate surrogate has been or shall be elected, the
  county judge of each county outside of the city of New York shall be and
  serve as judge of the surrogate's court for his county.

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