New York Consolidated Laws, Surrogate's Court Procedure Act - SCP § 905. Actions and proceedings maintainable by or against a temporary administrator

1. A temporary administrator may maintain any action or proceeding for the purpose of taking into his possession, securing and preserving all property of a decedent, absentee or internee or for determining the ownership of property.

2. Any action or proceeding may be maintained against a temporary administrator upon a debt of the decedent, absentee or internee or upon any cause of action to which the decedent, absentee or internee would have been a party in like manner and with like effect as if he were an administrator.