New York Household Paperwork Bundle: 4 Kits in One Download (NY Executor Kit, New York Small Claims Kit, New York POA Signing Kit, New York Will Signing Kit)

Who it is for

Families in New York getting papers in order: signing a power of attorney or will, settling an estate, or taking a money dispute to small claims.

Not the right fit if

You only need one of these papers (buy that kit on its own), or nothing is in New York. Not a form preparation or legal service.

Why it is different

• 4 kits for 30% less than buying them one by one; each keeps its own folder in the download.
• The New York kits are built only from our New York data files: New York small claims data file, checked November 2026 against NY Courts: A Guide to Small Claims & Commercial Small Claims in City, Town & Village Courts (updated Aug 2024); NYC Civil Court: Instructions for Filing (Small Claims/Commercial Claims); NYC Civil Court: Fees; NY Courts: NYC Small Claims Court, Starting a Case; New York power of attorney data file, checked November 2026 against General Obligations Law 5-1501B, Creation of a valid power of attorney (NY Senate); General Obligations Law 5-1513, Statutory short form power of attorney (NY Senate); Public Health Law 2981, Appointment of health care agent; health care proxy (NY Senate); Real Property Law 294, Recording executory contracts and powers of attorney (NY Senate); New York will signing data file, checked November 2026 against EPTL 3-2.1, Execution and attestation of wills (New York State Senate); EPTL 3-2.2, Nuncupative and holographic wills (New York State Senate); EPTL 3-3.2, Competence of attesting witness who is beneficiary (New York State Senate); EPTL 3-1.1, Who may make wills (New York State Senate); SCPA 1406, Proof of will by affidavit of attesting witness (New York State Senate); Matter of Holmgren, 2022 NY Slip Op 22049 (Surrogate's Court, Queens County, February 23, 2022).
• New York Executor Kit covers every state; the New York kits carry the state rules.

What is inside

• New York Executor Kit. File in the Surrogate's Court of the county where the person lived, then check two lines: New York's $50,000 small estate limit and the $7,350,000 estate tax exclusion for 2026 deaths.
• New York Small Claims Court Kit. In New York, small claims (Small Claims Part (NYC Civil Court; City Courts; District Courts; Town and Village Justice Courts)) cover claims up to $10,000. From the official page: Limit depends on the court: New York City Civil Court Small Claims/Commercial Claims Part maximum is $10,000; City Courts outside NYC up to $5,000; Town and Village Courts up to $3,000 (NY Courts guide updated August 2024). $10,000 is the NYC figure. Where and how to file, from the official pages: Defendant must live, work, have a place of business, or own rented property in NY. Town/Village Court where defendant is located, or any City Court in that county; NYC: county where defendant resides/works/has business. Commercial claims: defendant must live, work or do business in the same county as the court. Fees: NYC small claims under $1,000: $15; NYC small claims $1,000.01-$10,000: $20; City Court small claims up to $1,000: $15 (Outside NYC); City Court small claims $1,000-$5,000: $20 (Outside NYC); Town/Village Court small claims up to $1,000: $10; Town/Village Court small claims $1,000-$3,000: $15; commercial claim: $25 (Plus postage). NYC fees from NYC Civil Court instructions (CIV-SC-66, rev. Jan 2020) and NYC Civil Court fee page (NYCCCA 1803); City/Town/Village fees from NY Courts guide updated August 2024. No online filing for small claims; file at the clerk's office. Service: Clerk mails notice by first-class and certified mail; deemed served if regular mail not returned within 21 days (30 days for consumer transactions/commercial claims). Lawyers are allowed. Appeal: Notice of appeal within 30 days of judgment (35 if mailed); City/Town/Village appeals go to County Court (Appellate Term in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester). Cases decided by arbitration or mediation, and default judgments, cannot be appealed. A claim calculator that adds up your items and compares the total with $10,000 and $5,000 (City Courts outside NYC), $3,000 (Town and Village Justice Courts), $5,000 (commercial small claims (City Courts outside NYC)), $10,000 (commercial claims (NYC Civil Court)), a costs sheet with the New York fee list, a deadline sheet in business days that skips weekends and federal holidays, and a collection tracker with the balance owed.
• New York Power of Attorney Signing Kit. Get your New York power of attorney signed the way the state's own law describes. The principal's signature is acknowledged the way a deed's is, before a notary. Step by step in signing order: statutory form: Start from the official form: Power of Attorney New York Statutory Short Form; notary: Sign in front of a notary, who completes an acknowledgment; witnesses: Two witnesses sign too; agent's acknowledgment: The agent signs before acting; recording for real estate: Recording is allowed but not required; durable after incapacity: The statutory short form isn't affected by later incapacity unless the principal changes that under Modifications. Healthcare: A health care proxy is signed and dated before two adult witnesses who also sign; the agent can't witness. No notary is required by the section. Notary: "duly acknowledged in the manner prescribed for the acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property" Agent's acknowledgment: "duly acknowledged in the manner prescribed for the acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property" Recording for real estate: "an instrument containing a power to convey real property, as the agent or attorney for the owner of the property," Durable after incapacity: "This POWER OF ATTORNEY shall not be affected by my subsequent incapacity" Healthcare power of attorney: "signed and dated by the adult in the presence of two adult witnesses who shall also sign the proxy." Recording: Real Property Law 294(1) lets an instrument giving an agent power to convey the owner's real property be recorded in the county where the property is; the General Obligations Law doesn't make recording a condition of the agent acting. Agent: Each agent signs and dates it, with an acknowledged signature; the agent can act only from that date. Plus a copies log.
• New York Will Signing Day Kit. Bring 2 witnesses. The rule: Two witnesses, who sign within one 30-day period. The testator signs at the end of the will. Pick witnesses who get nothing under the will and aren't married to someone who does. If a beneficiary would have to witness, stop and call the lawyer first: The will stands, but a gift to a witness is void unless two other witnesses who get nothing also signed. A witness who would inherit anyway can keep up to that share. Have a notary or another officer who can administer oaths there for the self-proving affidavit. The statute names that officer rather than notaries by name. Witnesses can sign an affidavit, at the testator's request during life, before any officer authorized to administer oaths. The court accepts it as if the witness had testified. The rule here: The will stands, but a gift to a witness is void unless two other witnesses who get nothing also signed. Steps, ID, copies and review dates. Remote witnessing in New York: Not now. Executive Order 202.14 let audio-video technology satisfy the presence requirement only from April 7, 2020 to June 25, 2021, as the Queens County Surrogate's Court noted in Matter of Holmgren (2022). Electronic wills: Not yet. The version of the execution section that takes effect December 12, 2027 refers to electronic wills under a new part six. Where the original is and who has copies. Handwritten wills in New York: Only for members of the armed forces in actual service during a war or armed conflict, people serving with them, and mariners at sea. These wills expire after a set time.