N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 20-a: Certified transcripts of records; state commissioner of health may furnish

§ 20-a. Certified transcripts of records; state commissioner of health

may furnish. The state commissioner of health or person authorized by

him shall, upon request, supply to any applicant a certified transcript

of any marriage registered under the provisions of this article, unless

he is satisfied that the same does not appear to be necessary or

required for judicial or other proper purposes. Any transcript of the

record of a marriage, when properly certified by the state commissioner

of health or person authorized to act for him, shall be prima facie

evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated. For any

search of the files and records conducted for authorized research

purposes, the state commissioner of health shall be entitled to a fee of

twenty dollars for each hour or fractional part of an hour of time of

search, together with a fee of two dollars for each uncertified copy or

abstract of such marriage record requested by the applicant, said fees

to be paid by the applicant. Each applicant for a certified transcript

of a marriage record shall remit to the state commissioner of health a

fee of thirty dollars in payment for the search of the files and records

and the furnishing of a certified copy if such record is found or for a

certification that a search discloses no record of a marriage.