New York Laws - Domestic Relations 10
Marriage a civil contract
Marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, continues to be a civil contract, to which the consent of parties capable in law of making a contract is essential.
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§ 1
Short title
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§ 2
Definitions
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§ 14
Town and city clerks to issue marriage licenses; form
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§ 5
Incestuous and void marriages
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§ 6
Void marriages
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§ 8
Marriage after divorce
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§ 10
Marriage a civil contract
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§ 7
Voidable marriages
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§ 11-B
Registration of persons performing marriage ceremonies in the city of New York
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§ 11
By whom a marriage must be solemnized
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§ 12
Marriage, how solemnized
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§ 13-AA
Test to determine the presence of sickle cell anemia
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§ 13-D
Duty of clerk issuing marriage license
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§ 14-A
Town and city clerks to issue certificates of marriage registration; form
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§ 15
Duty of town and city clerks
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§ 15-A
Marriages of minors under eighteen years of age
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§ 16
False statements and affidavits
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§ 17
Clergyman or officer violating article; penalty
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§ 18
Clergymen or officer, when protected
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§ 19-A
Marriages on vessels; reports and records
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§ 19
Records to be kept by town and city clerks
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§ 20-A
Certified transcripts of records; state commissioner of health may furnish
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§ 21
Forms and books to be furnished
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§ 22
Penalty for violation
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§ 25
License, when to be obtained
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§ 10-A
Parties to a marriage
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§ 24
Effect of marriage on legitimacy of children
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§ 10-B
Religious exception
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§ 11-C
Marriage officers
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§ 15-B
Temporary provisions authorizing issuance of marriage license, upon court order, without consent of a parent in armed forces of United St...
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§ 20
Records to be kept by the state department of health and the city clerk of the city of New York
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§ 20-B
Certification of marriage; state commissioner of health may furnish
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§ 23
Supervision of and inspection of town and city clerks' records by state commissioner of health
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§ 11-A
Duty of city clerk in certain cities of the first class; facsimile signature of said clerk authorized
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§ 13
Marriage licenses
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§ 13-C
Twenty-four hour provision waived in certain cases
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§ § 13-b
Time within which marriage may be solemnized
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§ 13-B
Time within which marriage may be solemnized
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§ 11-d
One-day marriage officiant license