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§ 903. General powers of temporary administrator\n 1. Letters of temporary administration shall confer upon the person\nnamed therein, subject to any limitation contained in an instrument\noffered for probate, all the powers and authority with respect to all\nreal and personal property of a decedent, absentee or internee, and\nsubject him or her to all the duties and liabilities of an administrator\nwith respect thereto except that they do not confer any authority to pay\nor to satisfy any testamentary disposition or intestate share.\n 2. Where a temporary administrator is appointed upon the estate of an\nabsentee or internee and the estate includes an interest as a tenant in\ncommon, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of real property in the\nsame or another county, the court may by
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§ 903. General powers of temporary administrator\n 1. Letters of temporary administration shall confer upon the person\nnamed therein, subject to any limitation contained in an instrument\noffered for probate, all the powers and authority with respect to all\nreal and personal property of a decedent, absentee or internee, and\nsubject him or her to all the duties and liabilities of an administrator\nwith respect thereto except that they do not confer any authority to pay\nor to satisfy any testamentary disposition or intestate share.\n 2. Where a temporary administrator is appointed upon the estate of an\nabsentee or internee and the estate includes an interest as a tenant in\ncommon, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of real property in the\nsame or another county, the court may by order authorize the temporary\nadministrator to join with the other tenants or tenant in a sale,\nmortgage or lease of the real property or in a conveyance to the other\ntenants or tenant upon such terms as may be approved by the court and\nassented to by the other tenants or tenant. The sale, mortgage or lease\nmay be authorized without limitation by the purposes, conditions and\nrestrictions stated in article 19. The proceeds of a sale and the rents\nreceived upon any lease made pursuant to this subdivision shall be\napportioned according to the interest of the parties.\n 3. A temporary administrator appointed upon the estate of an absentee\nor internee has all the powers and authority enumerated in the preceding\nsubdivisions of this section with respect to the real and personal\nproperty of the absentee or internee. The temporary administrator's acts\ndone in pursuance of that authority are binding upon the absentee or\ninternee, if living, or his or her distributees or devisees, if he or\nshe be dead.\n 4. (a) The court may, in the order directing the issuance of temporary\nletters of administration or in one or more subsequent orders, limit\nsuch letters to the receipt of assets specified in such order or orders\nand may prohibit the collection of any other assets of the decedent, or\nmay limit, restrict or authorize the person named in such letters in any\nmanner that the court deems advisable for the effective protection of\nthe rights of all persons who may have an interest in the estate of the\ndecedent, absentee or internee.\n (b) In such order or orders, the court may make such directions as it\ndeems proper and necessary with respect to the custody and preservation\nof all papers and records of the decedent, absentee or internee.\nDiscovery and production of such papers and records shall be governed by\narticle 31 of the civil practice law and rules.\n