{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-domestic-relations-law-18","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 18","heading":"Clergymen or officer, when protected","body":"§ 18. Clergymen or officer, when protected. Any such clergymen or\nofficer as aforesaid to whom any such license duly issued may come and\nnot having personal knowledge of the incompetency of either party\ntherein named to contract matrimony, may lawfully solemnize matrimony\nbetween them.","path":["Domestic Relations Law","Article 3. Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/DOM/18","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"868e074ad31f5b50900cb6c2f18c597d4b768fd21e3fe79242418a5a237e648f","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-domestic-relations-law-17","next":"us-ny/n.y.-domestic-relations-law-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}