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New York Laws - Domestic Relations 13-C

Twenty-four hour provision waived in certain cases

EXPIRED: * § 13-c. Twenty-four hour provision waived in certain cases. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirteen-b of this chapter or any other provision of law, where either of the parties making application for a marriage license pursuant to section thirteen of this chapter, is a member of the armed forces of the United States the marriage of the parties may be solemnized without waiting for the lapse of the twenty-four hour period required by section thirteen-b of this chapter. Proof that the applicant is a member of the armed forces of the United States shall be furnished to the satisfaction of the official issuing the marriage license. Every license to marry issued pursuant to the provisions of this section must state the day and hour the license is issued and shall contain a recital that it is issued pursuant to the provisions of this section and that the parties named therein may be married at any time after such day and hour and within sixty days thereafter. 2. The provisions of this section shall remain in force and effect only until July first, nineteen hundred seventy-three. * NB Expired July 1, 1973


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