Section 206. Non-domiciliaries; jurisdiction and venue 1  


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  • 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.