🔑 NY Form: Petition to Search Safe Deposit Box

The Safe Deposit Box Petition is used to ask the Surrogate's Court to see what is in a safe deposit box of a person who died to look for a will, burial plot deed, insurance policies, and to make a list of all the items inside the box.

A form for a Petition to Search Safe Deposit Box is available on nycourts.gov. People who don't have a lawyer, legal service providers, and pro bono lawyers can use an automated DIY Safe Deposit Box Petition form on nycourts.gov.

Below are completed Safe Deposit Box Petitions from actual estates that you can examine:

1. A Safe Deposit Box Petition from the DIY program.
2. A Safe Deposit Box Petition that is typed.
3. A Safe Deposit Box Petition filled-in by hand.