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NY Dom Rel L § 10-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 10-A - Parties to a Marriage.

§  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.2.  No  government  treatment or legal status, effect, right, benefit,   privilege, protection or responsibility relating  to  marriage,  whether   deriving  from  statute,  administrative  or  court rule, public policy,   common law or any other source of law, shall differ based on the parties   to the marriage being or having been of  the  same  sex  rather  than  a   different   sex.   When   necessary   to   implement   the   rights  and   responsibilities of spouses under the law, all gender-specific  language   or  terms  shall  be  construed  in  a gender-neutral manner in all such   sources of law.
NY Dom Rel L § 10-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 10-B - Religious Exception.

§  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 the education  law  or   section  two  of  the  religious  corporations  law,  or  a  corporation   incorporated under  the  benevolent  orders  law  or  described  in  the   benevolent orders law but formed under any other law of this state, or a   not-for-profit  corporation  operated,  supervised,  or  controlled by a   religious corporation, or any employee thereof, being managed, directed,   or supervised  by  or  in  conjunction  with  a  religious  corporation,   benevolent  order,  or a not-for-profit corporation as described in this   subdivision, shall not be required to provide services,  accommodations,   advantages,  facilities,  goods,  or privileges for the solemnization or   celebration of  a  marriage.  Any  such  refusal  to  provide  services,   accommodations,  advantages,  facilities, goods, or privileges shall not   create any civil claim or cause of action or  result  in  any  state  or   local  government action to penalize, withhold benefits, or discriminate   against such religious corporation, benevolent order,  a  not-for-profit   corporation   operated,   supervised,   or  controlled  by  a  religious   corporation,  or  any  employee  thereof  being  managed,  directed,  or   supervised by or in conjunction with a religious corporation, benevolent   order, or a not-for-profit corporation.2.  Notwithstanding  any  state,  local  or  municipal  law  or  rule,   regulation, ordinance, or  other  provision  of  law  to  the  contrary,   nothing  in  this article shall limit or diminish the right, pursuant to   subdivision eleven of section two hundred ninety-six  of  the  executive   law,  of any religious or denominational institution or organization, or   any organization operated for charitable or educational purposes,  which   is  operated,  supervised  or  controlled  by  or  in  connection with a   religious organization, to  limit  employment  or  sales  or  rental  of   housing  accommodations or admission to or give preference to persons of   the same religion or denomination or  from  taking  such  action  as  is   calculated  by such organization to promote the religious principles for   which it is established or maintained.3. Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to  limit  the   protections and exemptions otherwise provided to religious organizations   under  section  three of article one of the constitution of the state of   New York.
NY Dom Rel L § 11-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 11-A - Duty of City Clerk in Certain Cities of the First Class; Facsimile Signature of Said Clerk Authorized.

§  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  or  all  of  the  deputy  city  clerks  and from among the   permanent members of the city clerk's staff as many staff members as the   city  clerk  deems  necessary  to  perform  marriage  ceremonies,  which   designation  shall be in writing and be filed in the office of such city   clerk. The day of such filing shall be endorsed on the designation.  Any   such  designation  shall be and remain in effect for six months from the   filing thereof.b. Whenever persons to whom the city clerk of any  such  city  of  the   first  class  shall  have issued a marriage license shall request him to   solemnize the rites of matrimony between them and present  to  him  such   license  it  shall be the duty of such clerk, either in person or by one   of his deputies or the permanent members of his staff so  designated  by   him   to  solemnize  such  marriage;  provided,  however,  that  nothing   contained either in this section or in subdivision two of section eleven   of this chapter shall be construed as empowering or requiring either the   said city clerk or any of  his  designated  deputies  or  the  permanent   members  of  his staff so designated to solemnize marriages at any place   other than at the office of such city clerk.d. In all cases in which the city clerk of such city  or  one  of  his   deputies  or  the  permanent  members  of  his staff so designated shall   perform a marriage ceremony such official shall demand and  be  entitled   to  collect therefor a fee to be fixed by the council of the city of New   York not exceeding twenty-five dollars, which sum shall be paid  by  the   contracting  parties before or immediately upon the solemnization of the   marriage; and all such fees so  received  shall  be  paid  over  to  the   commissioner of finance of the city.2.  The  signature and seal of said clerk of cities of the first class   of over one million inhabitants upon the marriage  license,  certificate   of  marriage, registration, and marriage search provided by this article   may be a facsimile imprinted, stamped, or engraved thereon.3. The said clerk  of  cities  of  the  first  class  of  one  million   inhabitants  or  more  may  designate among the permanent members of his   staff one or more individuals who shall be permitted to  sign  his  name   and  affix  his  official seal upon the marriage license, certificate of   marriage registration, and marriage  search  provided  by  this  article   requiring the signature and seal of the city clerk.
NY Dom Rel L § 11-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 11-B - Registration of Persons Performing Marriage Ceremonies in the City of New York.

§  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 her name and address in  the  office  of   the  city  clerk  of  the  city of New York.   Every such person, before   performing any marriage ceremonies subsequent to a change in his or  her   address,  shall  likewise  register  such change of address.   Such city   clerk is hereby empowered to cancel the registration of  any  person  so   registered upon satisfactory proof that the registration was fraudulent,   or  upon  satisfactory  proof  that such person is no longer entitled to   perform such ceremony.
NY Dom Rel L § 11-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 11-C - Marriage Officers.

§  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 one or more marriage officers who   shall have the authority to solemnize a marriage which marriage shall be   valid  if  performed in accordance with other provisions of law. Nothing   herein contained shall nullify the authority of other persons authorized   to solemnize marriages.2. The number of such marriage officers appointed for  a  municipality   shall  be  determined  by  the  governing body of the municipality. Such   marriage officers shall be eighteen years of age or over, and they shall   reside in the municipality by which they  are  appointed.    A  marriage   officer  shall  have  the  authority  to solemnize a marriage within the   territory of the municipality which makes the appointment.3. A marriage officer may receive a salary or wage in an amount to  be   determined  by the governing body of the municipality which appoints him   or her. In the event that a marriage officer receives a salary or  wage,   he  or  she shall not receive any remuneration or consideration from any   other source for performing his or her  duties.  In  the  event  that  a   marriage officer does not receive a salary or wage, he or she may accept   and keep up to seventy-five dollars for each marriage at which he or she   officiates, paid by or on behalf of the persons married.4.  The term of office of a marriage officer shall be as determined by   the governing body which makes the appointment but shall not exceed four   years. A marriage officer shall serve at the pleasure of the  appointing   authority  and  may  be removed from office with or without cause on ten   days written notice filed with the clerk of the municipality and sent by   registered mail return receipt requested to the marriage officer.
NY Dom Rel L § 12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 12 - Marriage, How Solemnized.

§  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 declare in the presence  of   a  clergyman  or  magistrate and the attending witness or witnesses that   they take each other as husband and wife.  In every case, at  least  one   witness  beside  the  clergyman  or  magistrate  must  be present at the   ceremony.The preceding provisions of this chapter, so far as they relate to the   manner of solemnizing marriages, shall not affect  marriages  among  the   people  called friends or quakers; nor marriages among the people of any   other denominations having as such any particular  mode  of  solemnizing   marriages;   but  such  marriages  must  be  solemnized  in  the  manner   heretofore  used  and  practiced  in  their  respective   societies   or   denominations,  and marriages so solemnized shall be as valid as if this   article had not been enacted.
NY Dom Rel L § 13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 13 - Marriage Licenses.

§  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 clerk in New York state and  to  deliver  said  license,  within   sixty  days,  to  the clergyman or magistrate who is to officiate before   the marriage ceremony may be performed. In case of a marriage contracted   pursuant to subdivision four of section eleven  of  this  chapter,  such   license  shall  be  delivered to the judge of the court of record before   whom the acknowledgment is to be taken. If either party to the  marriage   resides  upon an island located not less than twenty-five miles from the   office or residence of the town clerk of the town of which  such  island   is  a  part,  and if such office or residence is not on such island such   license may be obtained from any justice of the peace residing  on  such   island,  and  such  justice, in respect to powers and duties relating to   marriage licenses, shall be subject to the provisions  of  this  article   governing  town  clerks  and  shall  file  all  statements or affidavits   received by him while acting under the provisions of this  section  with   the town clerk of such town. No application for a marriage license shall   be  denied  on  the  ground  that  the  parties  are  of  the same, or a   different, sex.
NY Dom Rel L § 13-AA (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 13-AA - Test to Determine the Presence of Sickle Cell Anemia.

§ 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 license who  is  not  of   the  Caucasian,  Indian or Oriental race for the purposes of discovering   the existence of sickle cell anemia and notifying the applicant  of  the   results of such test.2.    No  application for a marriage license shall be denied solely on   the ground that such test proves positive, nor shall the absence of such   test invalidate a marriage.3.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any  person  who   refuses to take such test because of his religious beliefs.
NY Dom Rel L § 13-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 13-B - Time Within Which Marriage May Be Solemnized.

§ 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 record  as   hereinafter  provided,  nor shall it be solemnized after sixty days from   the date of the issuance  of  the  marriage  license  unless  authorized   pursuant  to  section  three  hundred fifty-four-d of the executive law.   Every license to marry hereafter issued by a  town  or  city  clerk,  in   addition to other requirements specified by this chapter, must contain a   statement  of  the day and the hour the license is issued and the period   during which the marriage may be solemnized. It shall be the duty of the   clergyman or magistrate performing the  marriage  ceremony,  or  if  the   marriage is solemnized by written contract, of the judge before whom the   contract  is  acknowledged,  to  annex  to  or endorse upon the marriage   license the date and hour the marriage is solemnized. A judge or justice   of the supreme court of this state or the county judge of the county  in   which  either  party  to  be married resides, or the judge of the family   court of such county, if it shall appear  from  an  examination  of  the   license  and  any  other proofs submitted by the parties that one of the   parties is in danger of imminent death, or by reason of other  emergency   public  interest  will be promoted thereby, or that such delay will work   irreparable injury or great hardship upon the  contracting  parties,  or   one  of them, may, make an order authorizing the immediate solemnization   of the marriage and  upon  filing  such  order  with  the  clergyman  or   magistrate performing the marriage ceremony, or if the marriage is to be   solemnized  by written contract, with the judge before whom the contract   is  acknowledged,  such  clergyman  or  magistrate  may  solemnize  such   marriage, or such judge may take such acknowledgment as the case may be,   without waiting for such three day period and twenty-four hour period to   elapse. The clergyman, magistrate or judge must file such order with the   town  or  city  clerk  who issued the license within five days after the   marriage is solemnized. Such town or city clerk must  record  and  index   the  order  in  the book required to be kept by him or her for recording   affidavits, statements, consents and licenses, and when so recorded  the   order  shall  become  a  public  record and available in any prosecution   under this section. A person who shall solemnize a marriage in violation   of this section shall be guilty of a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction   thereof  shall  be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for each offense,   and in addition thereto, his or her right to solemnize a marriage  shall   be suspended for ninety days.
NY Dom Rel L § 13-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 13-C - Twenty-Four Hour Provision Waived in Certain Cases.

*  §  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 a marriage license pursuant to section thirteen of  this   chapter,  is  a  member  of  the  armed  forces of the United States the   marriage of the parties may be solemnized without waiting for the  lapse   of  the  twenty-four  hour period required by section thirteen-b of this   chapter.  Proof that the applicant is a member of the  armed  forces  of   the United States shall be furnished to the satisfaction of the official   issuing the marriage license.  Every license to marry issued pursuant to   the  provisions  of this section must state the day and hour the license   is issued and shall contain a recital that it is issued pursuant to  the   provisions  of  this  section  and that the parties named therein may be   married at any time after such  day  and  hour  and  within  sixty  days   thereafter.2.    The  provisions of this section shall remain in force and effect   only until July first, nineteen hundred seventy-three.* NB Expired July 1, 1973
NY Dom Rel L § 13-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 13-D - Duty of Clerk Issuing Marriage License.

§  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 of a marriage license to display   to the parties a typed or printed statement containing substantially the   same following information:"Rubella,  also  known  as  'German  measles',  is  a common childhood   disease.  It  is  usually  not  serious  to  children  who  contract  it   themselves, but can be a tragic crippler of unborn babies if transmitted   to pregnant women.Rubella infection poses a grave threat to the unborn child, especially   during  the  first four months of pregnancy. It can lead to miscarriage,   stillbirth, or one or all  of  the  tragic  defects  such  as  deafness,   blindness,  crippling  congenital  heart disease, mental retardation and   muscular and bone defects.In order to be immune to rubella, one must either receive the  rubella   vaccine  or  actually  have  had  the  disease.  To  see whether you are   susceptible to rubella, you can get a blood test from your doctor.  Even   more  important  is  the  availability  of  a rubella vaccine which will   prevent you from ever contracting the disease.In order to protect yourself, your family, and  your  friends,  please   take steps to prevent the tragic effects of rubella. Please contact your   family  doctor,  health  care provider, public health facility or clinic   for further information."2. It shall also be the duty of each  town  and  city  clerk  or  duly   authorized  deputy  acting  in  the  clerk's  stead  to  provide to each   applicant for a marriage license information regarding  the  Thalassemia   Trait. The department of health shall prepare information, including but   not limited to, the blood disorder Thalassemia Trait and other inherited   conditions affecting the population of New York state.3.  No  cause of action for damages shall arise in favor of any person   or person yet to be born by reason of any failure  to  comply  with  the   provisions of this section.
NY Dom Rel L § 15-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 15-A - Marriages of Minors Under Eighteen Years of Age.

§  15-a. Marriages of minors under eighteen years of age. Any marriage   in which either party is under the  age  of  eighteen  years  is  hereby   prohibited.  Any town or city clerk who shall knowingly issue a marriage   license to any persons, one or both of whom shall  be  at  the  time  of   their  contemplated  marriage  actually under the age of eighteen years,   shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be   fined in the sum of one hundred dollars.
NY Dom Rel L § 15-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 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 and allied forces, and absent from the   United States. Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifteen of this   chapter  or  any other provision of law, the written consent of a parent   of a minor to the marriage of such minor may be dispensed with by  order   of  a  judge or justice of the supreme court of this state or the county   judge of the county in which the minor resides or, in case the minor  be   a  woman between fourteen and sixteen years of age, of such a justice of   the supreme court or the county judge or judge of the  children's  court   of  the  county  in which such woman resides, upon proof satisfactory to   such judge or justice that it is impracticable to require  such  consent   because  such  parent  is  a  member  of  the armed forces of the United   States, merchant marine and allied forces, and is absent from the United   States, and any such judge or justice is hereby authorized to make  such   an  order  if  satisfied of the existence of such circumstances and that   the public interest will not be injuriously affected by dispensing  with   such  consent;  provided,  however,  that no such order shall be granted   except upon application therefor both by the minor whose  parent  is  so   absent and by the other parent, or if the other parent be dead or his or   her  consent to such marriage be unnecessary for any reason, then by the   person under whose care or government the minor may be. Upon the  filing   of such an order with the town or city clerk, he shall issue the license   without  the  written  consent  of  the  parent whose consent is ordered   dispensed with therein,  provided  all  the  other  provisions  of  this   chapter  in  connection  with  the  issuance of the license are complied   with. The provisions of this section shall remain in  force  and  effect   only until July first, nineteen hundred forty-seven.* NB Expired July 1, 1947
NY Dom Rel L § 16 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage 16 - False Statements and Affidavits.

§  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 fact as to the competency of   any person for whose marriage the license in question or concerning  the   procuring  or  issuing  of which such affidavit or statement may be made   shall be deemed guilty of perjury and on  conviction  thereof  shall  be   punished as provided by the statutes of this state.