N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 13: Marriage licenses

§ 13. Marriage licenses. It shall be necessary for all persons

intended to be married in New York state to obtain a marriage license

from a town or city clerk in New York state and to deliver said license,

within sixty days, to the clergyman, magistrate, or one-day marriage

officiant as designated by a town or city clerk pursuant to section

eleven-d of this article who is to officiate before the marriage

ceremony may be performed. In case of a marriage contracted pursuant to

subdivision four of section eleven of this chapter, such license shall

be delivered to the judge of the court of record before whom the

acknowledgment is to be taken. If either party to the marriage resides

upon an island located not less than twenty-five miles from the office

or residence of the town clerk of the town of which such island is a

part, and if such office or residence is not on such island such license

may be obtained from any justice of the peace residing on such island,

and such justice, in respect to powers and duties relating to marriage

licenses, shall be subject to the provisions of this article governing

town clerks and shall file all statements or affidavits received by him

while acting under the provisions of this section with the town clerk of

such town. No application for a marriage license shall be denied on the

ground that the parties are of the same, or a different, sex.