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N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 11-d: One-day marriage officiant license

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  1. Domestic Relations Law
  2. Article 3. Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage

§ 11-d. One-day marriage officiant license. 1. A town or city clerk

shall issue a one-day marriage officiant license upon request. Such

one-day marriage officiant shall have the authority to solemnize a

marriage which marriage shall be valid if performed in accordance with

other provisions of law. Nothing herein contained shall nullify the

authority of other persons authorized to solemnize marriages.

2. Such one-day marriage officiant shall be eighteen years of age or

over and need not be a resident of the town or city to which they apply

or a resident of the state. A one-day marriage officiant shall have the

authority to solemnize a marriage anywhere in the state.

3. An applicant for a one-day marriage officiant license must apply

for such license in the same town or city clerk's office as the couple

to be married. Such applicant shall not be required to personally

appear.

4. A town or city clerk shall be entitled to a fee of twenty-five

dollars for issuing a one-day marriage officiant license. Such license

shall be issued only after payment of such fee and submission of a

completed application form.

5. The application form shall require the following information of the

applicant: name, date of birth, address, email address and telephone

number. The application form shall also require the following

information of the parties to be married: names, dates of birth, and

addresses as they appear on the application for a marriage license.

6. Such license shall only be valid for the parties to be married as

stated on the application and shall expire upon the earlier of either

completion of such solemnization or the expiration of the marriage

license.

7. One-day marriage officiants shall be exempt from registration as

required pursuant to section eleven-b of this article.

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