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§ 1107 — SECTION 1107 Report of referee

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What is NY RPAPL § 1107?

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This section outlines the requirements for a referee's report in cases concerning the identity of a deceased person. The referee is tasked with delivering the report within ten days after the case closure, detailing whether a person was produced and including any relevant proofs. Applies to legal proceedings involving identity verification of deceased individuals.

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§ 1107 SECTION 1107 Report of referee

RPAPL § 1107

The referee must deliver his report to the petitioner, or file it with the clerk, within ten days after the case is closed. He must state therein whether any person was or was not produced before him as being the person whose death is in question. He must append thereto, in the form of depositions, the proofs, if any, respecting the identity of any person so produced with the person whose death is in question or if no one is so produced, upon the question whether the latter person is living. He must also state in his report his conclusions upon the questions controverted before him.

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