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N.Y. Penal Law § 255.20: Unlawfully procuring a marriage license, bigamy, adultery: defense
Where this section sits in the code
- Penal Law
- Part 3. Specific Offenses
- Title O. Offenses Against Marriage, the Family, and the Welfare of Children and Incompetents
- Article 255. Offenses Affecting the Marital Relationship
§ 255.20 Unlawfully procuring a marriage license, bigamy, adultery:
defense.
In any prosecution for unlawfully procuring a marriage license,
bigamy, or adultery, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant
acted under a reasonable belief that both he and the other person to the
marriage or prospective marriage or to the sexual intercourse, as the
case may be, were unmarried.
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