N.Y. Domestic Relations Law Section 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 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 such certification of marriage made by such commissioner or person authorized to act for him shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated.

2.

Such certification shall contain a statement of the respective names, dates and places of birth and places of the then residence of each of the parties to such marriage and the date and place thereof.

3.

Each applicant for a certification of marriage shall remit to the commissioner with such application a fee of thirty dollars in payment for the search of the files and records and the furnishing of such certification if a record thereof is found or for a certification that a search discloses no record of a marriage.

4.

The federal agency in charge of vital statistics may obtain, at a fee acceptable to the commissioner, information from marriage records for use solely as statistical data.

Source: Section 20-B — Certification of marriage; state commissioner of health may furnish, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/DOM/20-B (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 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:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 20-B’s source at nysenate​.gov

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