N.Y. Domestic Relations Law Section 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 the provisions of this article, unless he is satisfied that the same does not appear to be necessary or required for judicial or other proper purposes. Any transcript of the record of a marriage, when properly certified by the state commissioner of health or person authorized to act for him, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated. For any search of the files and records conducted for authorized research purposes, the state commissioner of health shall be entitled to a fee of twenty dollars for each hour or fractional part of an hour of time of search, together with a fee of two dollars for each uncertified copy or abstract of such marriage record requested by the applicant, said fees to be paid by the applicant. Each applicant for a certified transcript of a marriage record shall remit to the state commissioner of health a fee of thirty dollars in payment for the search of the files and records and the furnishing of a certified copy if such record is found or for a certification that a search discloses no record of a marriage.

Source: Section 20-A — Certified transcripts of records; state commissioner of health may furnish, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/DOM/20-A (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
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Accessed:
Apr. 20, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 20-A’s source at nysenate​.gov

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