New York Domestic Relations Law Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage

• 10 - Marriage a Civil Contract.
  Marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, continues to be a civil contract, to which the consent of parties capable in law...
• 10-a - Parties to a Marriage.
  1. A marriage that is otherwise valid shall be valid regardless of whether the parties to the marriage are of the same or different sex....
• 10-b - Religious Exception.
  1. Notwithstanding any state, local or municipal law, rule, regulation, ordinance, or other provision of law to the contrary, a religious entity as defined under...
• 11 - By Whom a Marriage Must Be Solemnized.
  No marriage shall be valid unless solemnized by either: 1. A clergyman or minister of any religion, or by the senior leader, or any of...
• 11-a - Duty of City Clerk in Certain Cities of the First Class; Facsimile Signature of Said Clerk Authorized.
  1. a. The city clerk of a city of the first class of over one million inhabitants may designate in writing any of his deputies...
• 11-b - Registration of Persons Performing Marriage Ceremonies in the City of New York.
  Every person authorized by law to perform the marriage ceremony, before performing any such ceremonies in the city of New York, shall register his or...
• 11-c - Marriage Officers.
  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section eleven of this article or any other law, the governing body of any village, town, or city may appoint...
• 12 - Marriage, How Solemnized.
  No particular form or ceremony is required when a marriage is solemnized as herein provided by a clergyman or magistrate, but the parties must solemnly...
• 13 - Marriage Licenses.
  It shall be necessary for all persons intended to be married in New York state to obtain a marriage license from a town or city...
• 13-Aa - Test to Determine the Presence of Sickle Cell Anemia.
  1. On and after the effective date of this act, such test as may be necessary shall be given to each applicant for a marriage...
• 13-b - Time Within Which Marriage May Be Solemnized.
  A marriage shall not be solemnized within twenty-four hours after the issuance of the marriage license, unless authorized by an order of a court of...
• 13-c - Twenty-Four Hour Provision Waived in Certain Cases.
  * 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirteen-b of this chapter or any other provision of law, where either of the parties making application for...
• 13-d - Duty of Clerk Issuing Marriage License.
  1. It shall be the duty of each town and each city clerk or duly authorized deputy acting in the clerk's stead, upon the issuance...
• 14 - Town and City Clerks to Issue Marriage Licenses; Form.
  The town or city clerk of each and every town or city in this state is hereby empowered to issue marriage licenses to any parties...
• 14-a - Town and City Clerks to Issue Certificates of Marriage Registration; Form.
  1. Upon receipt of the return of the marriage license, properly endorsed and completed by the person who shall have solemnized a marriage as provided...
• 15 - Duty of Town and City Clerks.
  1. (a) It shall be the duty of the town or city clerk when an application for a marriage license is made to him or...
• 15-a - Marriages of Minors Under Seventeen Years of Age.
  Any marriage in which either party is under the age of seventeen years is hereby prohibited. Any town or city clerk who shall knowingly issue...
• 15-b - Temporary Provisions Authorizing Issuance of Marriage License, Upon Court Order, Without Consent of a Parent in Armed Forces of United States, Merchan
  * 15-b. Temporary provisions authorizing issuance of marriage license, upon court order, without consent of a parent in armed forces of United States, merchant marine...
• 16 - False Statements and Affidavits.
  Any person who shall in any affidavit or statement required or provided for in this article wilfully and falsely swear in regard to any material...
• 17 - Clergyman or Officer Violating Article; Penalty.
  If any clergyman or other person authorized by the laws of this state to perform marriage ceremonies shall solemnize or presume to solemnize any marriage...
• 18 - Clergymen or Officer, When Protected.
  Any such clergymen or officer as aforesaid to whom any such license duly issued may come and not having personal knowledge of the incompetency of...
• 19 - Records to Be Kept by Town and City Clerks.
  1. Each town and city clerk hereby empowered to issue marriage licenses shall keep a book supplied by the state department of health in which...
• 19-a - Marriages on Vessels; Reports and Records.
  The master, chief officer, ship's surgeon, or the company, corporation, charterer, or person having the management and control of any vessel which shall arrive at...
• 20 - Records to Be Kept by the State Department of Health and the City Clerk of the City of New York.
  All original affidavits, statements, consents and licenses with certificates attached, and also all written contracts of marriages outside of the city of New York shall...
• 20-a - Certified Transcripts of Records; State Commissioner of Health May Furnish.
  The state commissioner of health or person authorized by him shall, upon request, supply to any applicant a certified transcript of any marriage registered under...
• 20-b - Certification of Marriage; State Commissioner of Health May Furnish.
  1. The state commissioner of health or person authorized by him shall, upon request, issue to any applicant a certification of any marriage registered under...
• 21 - Forms and Books to Be Furnished.
  The proper books for registration, blank forms for marriage licenses, certificates, statements and affidavits and such other blanks as shall be necessary to comply with...
• 22 - Penalty for Violation.
  Any town or city clerk who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or shall fail to comply therewith shall be deemed guilty...
• 23 - Supervision of and Inspection of Town and City Clerks' Records by State Commissioner of Health.
  The registration and recording of all marriages outside the city of New York shall be under the supervision of the state commissioner of health. The...
• 24 - Effect of Marriage on Legitimacy of Children.
  1. A child heretofore or hereafter born of parents who prior or subsequent to the birth of such child shall have entered into a civil...
• 25 - License, When to Be Obtained.
  The provisions of this article pertaining to the granting of the licenses before a marriage can be lawfully celebrated apply to all persons who assume...

Last modified: February 3, 2019