N.Y. Domestic Relations Law Section 14
Town and city clerks to issue marriage licenses

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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 applying for the same who may be entitled under the laws of this state to apply therefor and to contract matrimony, authorizing the marriage of such parties, which license shall be substantially in the following form: State of New York County of ................ City or town of .......... Know all men by this certificate that any person authorized by law to perform marriage ceremonies within the state of New York to whom this may come, he not knowing any lawful impediment thereto, is hereby authorized and empowered to solemnize the rites of matrimony between .............. of ........... in the county of ............. and state of New York and .................. of ................... in the county of .............. and state of New York and to certify the same to the said parties or either of them under his hand and seal in his ministerial or official capacity and thereupon he is required to return his certificate in the form hereto annexed. The statements endorsed hereon or annexed hereto, by me subscribed, contain a full and true abstract of all of the facts concerning such parties disclosed by their affidavits or verified statements presented to me upon the application for this license. This certificate is to be returned addressed to the undersigned at ...................., ............................, ................. (Street) (City, Town, Village) (State) In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said town or city at .......... this ....... day of ........ nineteen ........, at........m. Seal. The form of the certificate annexed to said license and therein referred to shall be as follows: I, .... a ....., residing at ......... in the county of ........ and state of New York do hereby certify that I did on this ......... day of ..... in the year, nineteen ......... at .....m, at ....... in the county of .......... and the state of New York, solemnize the rites of matrimony between .... of ..... in the county of ........... and state of New York, and .... of ..... in the county of ............. and state of New York in the presence of ..... and ..... as witness, and the license therefor is hereto annexed. Witness my hand ...... in the county of ....... this ....... day of ......, nineteen ..... In the presence of ............... ............... ............... There shall be endorsed upon the license or annexed thereto at the end thereof, subscribed by the clerk, an abstract of the facts concerning the parties as disclosed in their affidavits or verified statements at the time of the application for the license made in conformity to the provisions of § 15 (Duty of town and city clerks)section fifteen of this chapter. There shall also be stated upon the license the exact period during which the marriage may be solemnized. The license issued, including the abstract of facts, and the certificate duly signed by the person who shall have solemnized the marriage therein authorized, shall be returned by him, and where the marriage is solemnized by a written contract, the judge before whom acknowledgment is made shall forward such contract and marriage license to the office of the town or city clerk who issued the license within five days succeeding the date of the solemnizing of the marriage therein authorized and any person or persons who shall wilfully neglect to make such return within the time above required shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars or more than fifty dollars for each and every offense. When a marriage is solemnized by a city, town or village justice outside of the territorial jurisdiction in which such justice was elected or appointed, as provided in subdivision six of § 11 (By whom a marriage must be solemnized)section eleven of this chapter, there shall be affixed to such license prior to filing, the official or common seal of the court or of the municipality in which such justice was elected or appointed.

Source: Section 14 — Town and city clerks to issue marriage licenses; form, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/DOM/14 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

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Marriage a civil contract 10‑A
Parties to a marriage 10‑B
Religious exception 11
By whom a marriage must be solemnized 11‑A
Duty of city clerk in certain cities of the first class 11‑B
Registration of persons performing marriage ceremonies in the city of New York 11‑C
Marriage officers 11‑D
One-day marriage officiant license 12
Marriage, how solemnized 13
Marriage licenses 13‑AA
Test to determine the presence of sickle cell anemia 13‑B
Time within which marriage may be solemnized 13‑C
Twenty-four hour provision waived in certain cases 13‑D
Duty of clerk issuing marriage license 14
Town and city clerks to issue marriage licenses 14‑A
Town and city clerks to issue certificates of marriage registration 15
Duty of town and city clerks 15‑A
Marriages of minors under eighteen years of age 15‑B
Temporary provisions authorizing issuance of marriage license, upon court order, without consent of a parent in armed forces of United St... 16
False statements and affidavits 17
Clergyman or officer violating article 18
Clergymen or officer, when protected 19
Records to be kept by town and city clerks 19‑A
Marriages on vessels 20
Records to be kept by the state department of health and the city clerk of the city of New York 20‑A
Certified transcripts of records 20‑B
Certification of marriage 20‑C
Certification of marriage 21
Forms and books to be furnished 22
Penalty for violation 23
Supervision of and inspection of town and city clerks’ records by state commissioner of health 24
Effect of marriage on legitimacy of children 25
License, when to be obtained
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Accessed:
Apr. 20, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 14’s source at nysenate​.gov

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