N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 20-b: Certification of marriage; state commissioner of health may furnish

§ 20-b. Certification of marriage; state commissioner of health may

furnish. 1. The state commissioner of health or person authorized by him

shall, upon request, issue to any applicant a certification 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 such certification of marriage

made by such commissioner or person authorized to act for him shall be

prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein

stated.

2. Such certification shall contain a statement of the respective

names, dates and places of birth and places of the then residence of

each of the parties to such marriage and the date and place thereof.

3. Each applicant for a certification of marriage shall remit to the

commissioner with such application a fee of thirty dollars in payment

for the search of the files and records and the furnishing of such

certification if a record thereof is found or for a certification that a

search discloses no record of a marriage.

4. The federal agency in charge of vital statistics may obtain, at a

fee acceptable to the commissioner, information from marriage records

for use solely as statistical data.