2023 New York Laws › DOM - Domestic Relations › Article 3 - Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage › 14-A - Town and City Clerks to Issue Certificates of Marriage Registration; Form.

§  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 in this article,  the  town  and  city
  clerks  of  each  and  every  town  or  city  in  the state shall, after
  abstracting, recording and indexing  the  statement  of  performance  of
  solemnization,  issue  to  the  couple  within  fifteen  days after such
  receipt or return of the completed marriage  license  a  certificate  of
  marriage, which certificate shall be substantially in the following form
  and contain the following facts:
Record No............of Year........
THIS IS TO CERTIFY
 
  that ................................................................. ,
first name, premarriage middle and surname,
new middle and/or surname (if applicable)
  residing at .......................................................... ,
  who was born on ........................., at ........................ ,
date
  and .................................................................. ,
first name, premarriage middle and
surname, new middle and/or
surname (if applicable)
  residing at .......................................................... ,
  who was born ........................, at ............................ ,
date
  were married on.......................at ............................. ,
date
  as shown by the duly registered license and certificate of
  marriage of said persons on file in this office.
 
  (SEAL)                            ......................................
Town or City Clerk
 
  Dated at.................., N. Y.
  .................................
 
  No  other  facts  contained  in  the affidavits, statements, consents or
  licenses shall be  certified  by  such  town  and  city  clerks,  unless
  expressly  requested  in  writing  by  the  man  or  woman named in such
  affidavit, license, statement or record.
2. a. Such town and city clerks shall be entitled to a  fee  for  such
  certificate, payable at the time of issuance of the marriage license, in
  a  sum not exceeding ten dollars, to be fixed in the case of town clerks
  by the town board, and in the case of city clerks by the common  council
  or  governing  body of such cities. The town and city clerks shall, upon
  request of any applicant whose name appears  thereon,  issue  a  similar
  certificate of marriage, as set forth above, and similarly expanded with
  additional  facts upon the express additional request, for all marriages
  heretofore indexed and recorded in  the  office  of  the  town  or  city
  clerks. For such certificate of marriage, the town and city clerks shall
  be  entitled to a fee not exceeding ten dollars, to be fixed in the case
  of town clerks by the town board, and in the case of city clerks by  the
  common council or governing body of such city.
b.  In  addition to the foregoing, upon request of any applicant whose
  name appears thereon for a certificate of marriage,  the  town  or  city

  clerk  may  issue  a  photograph,  micro-photograph  or photocopy of the
  marriage record on file in the office of such  clerk.  Such  photograph,
  micro-photograph or photocopy, when certified by the town or city clerk,
  shall   be  deemed  an  original  record  for  all  purposes,  including
  introduction in evidence in all courts or administrative  agencies.  For
  such  certificate of marriage and the certification thereof, the town or
  city clerk shall be entitled to a fee not exceeding ten dollars,  to  be
  fixed  in  the case of town clerks by the town board, and in the case of
  city clerks by the common council or governing body of such city.
3. a. No fee shall be charged for any certificate when required by the
  United States department of veterans affairs or  by  the  department  of
  veterans'  services  of  the state of New York to be used in determining
  the eligibility of any  person  to  participate  in  the  benefits  made
  available  by the United States department of veterans affairs or by the
  state of New York.
b. A town or city may elect to waive the fee for  a  certificate  when
  either  of  the  parties  making  application  for such certificate is a
  member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty.
4. A copy  of  the  record  of  marriage  registration  when  properly
  certified by the city and town clerks or their duly authorized deputies,
  as  herein  provided, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein
  stated and  in  all  actions,  proceedings  or  applications,  judicial,
  administrative or otherwise, and any such certificate of registration of
  marriage  shall  be accepted with the same force and effect with respect
  to the facts therein stated as the original certificate of  marriage  or
  certified copy thereof.
5.  Upon  request  of  any  applicant whose name appears thereon for a
  certificate of marriage, the town or city clerk shall be  authorized  to
  correct any errors on such marriage certificate where:
a.  such  error was not the result of any intended fraud, deception or
  attempt to avoid the effect of any valid law, regulation or statute; and
b. either party to the marriage provides proof,  satisfactory  to  the
  clerk,  of  the accuracy of the facts presented in support of correcting
  the error.
To effectuate such correction and  provide  certified  copies  of  the
  amended  certificate,  the town or city clerk shall be entitled to a fee
  not exceeding ten dollars to be fixed in the case of town clerks by  the
  town  board,  and  in  the  case of city clerks by the common council or
  governing body of such city. The clerk shall  forward  a  copy  of  such
  amended certificate to the commissioner of health.