20-C – Certification of Marriage; New Certificate in Case of Subsequent Change of Name or Gender.
§ 20-c. Certification of marriage; new certificate in case of subsequent change of name or gender. 1. A new marriage certificate shall be issued by the town or city clerk where the marriage license and certificate was issued, upon receipt of proper proof of a change of name or gender designation. Proper proof shall consist […]
21 – Forms and Books to Be Furnished.
§ 21. Forms and books to be furnished. The proper books for registration, blank forms for marriage licenses, certificates, statements and affidavits and such other blanks as shall be necessary to comply with the provisions of this article, shall be prepared by the state department of health and shall be furnished by said department at […]
22 – Penalty for Violation.
§ 22. Penalty for violation. Any town or city clerk who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or shall fail to comply therewith shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall pay a fine not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars on conviction thereof.
23 – Supervision of and Inspection of Town and City Clerks’ Records by State Commissioner of Health.
§ 23. Supervision of and inspection of town and city clerks’ records by state commissioner of health. The registration and recording of all marriages outside the city of New York shall be under the supervision of the state commissioner of health. The commissioner, either personally or by an accredited representative, may at any time inspect […]
24 – Effect of Marriage on Legitimacy of Children.
§ 24. Effect of marriage on legitimacy of children. 1. A child heretofore or hereafter born of parents who prior or subsequent to the birth of such child shall have entered into a civil or religious marriage, or shall have consummated a common-law marriage where such marriage is recognized as valid, in the manner authorized […]
25 – License, When to Be Obtained.
§ 25. License, when to be obtained. The provisions of this article pertaining to the granting of the licenses before a marriage can be lawfully celebrated apply to all persons who assume the marriage relation in accordance with subdivision four of section eleven of this chapter. Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to […]
17 – Clergyman or Officer Violating Article; Penalty.
§ 17. Clergyman or officer violating article; penalty. If any clergyman or other person authorized by the laws of this state to perform marriage ceremonies shall solemnize or presume to solemnize any marriage between any parties without a license being presented to him or them as herein provided or with knowledge that either party is […]
18 – Clergymen or Officer, When Protected.
§ 18. Clergymen or officer, when protected. Any such clergymen or officer as aforesaid to whom any such license duly issued may come and not having personal knowledge of the incompetency of either party therein named to contract matrimony, may lawfully solemnize matrimony between them.
19 – Records to Be Kept by Town and City Clerks.
§ 19. Records to be kept by town and city clerks. 1. Each town and city clerk hereby empowered to issue marriage licenses shall keep a book supplied by the state department of health in which such clerk shall record and index such information as is required therein, which book shall be kept and preserved […]
19-A – Marriages on Vessels; Reports and Records.
§ 19-a. Marriages on vessels; reports and records. The master, chief officer, ship’s surgeon, or the company, corporation, charterer, or person having the management and control of any vessel which shall arrive at the port of New York, shall report, in writing, to the city clerk of the city of New York within three days […]