Performing Marriage Ceremonies

New York Wedding Officiants

 In New York Ministers must complete a marriage certificate and return it to the town or city clerk who issued the marriage license within 5 days after the marriage. — For questions see the town or city clerk.

To be valid, a marriage ceremony must be performed by any of the individuals specified in Section 11 of the New York State Domestic Relations Law. These include:

• Various government officials;

• a member of the clergy or minister who has been officially ordained and granted authority to perform marriage ceremonies from a governing church body in accordance with the rules and regulations of the church body;

• a member of the clergy or minister who is not authorized by a governing Church body but who has been chosen by a spiritual group to preside over their spiritual affairs;

• other officiants as specified by Section 11 of the Domestic Relations Law.

• the person performing the ceremony must be registered with the City of New York in order to perform a ceremony within the New York City limits.

• officiant does not have to be a resident of New York State.

• Ship captains are not authorized to perform marriage ceremonies in New York State.

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New York

Marriage License

• If you apply for a marriage license in New York City, the fee is $35.

• If you apply for a marriage license anywhere else in the state of New York, the fee is $40.

• New York State requires all individuals who intend to get married to apply for and obtain a marriage license from any city or town clerk’s office.

New York City Clerks

Albany	Amsterdam
Auburn	Batavia
Beacon	Binghamton
Brooklyn	Bronx
Buffalo	Canandaigua
Cohoes	Corning
Cortland	Dunkirk
Elmira	Fulton
Geneva	Glen Cove
Glens Falls	Gloversville
Hornell	Hudson
Ithaca	Jamestown
Johnstown	Kingston
Lackawanna	Little Falls
Lockport	Long Beach
Manhattan	Mechanicville
Middletown	Mount Vernon
New Rochelle	Newburgh
Niagara Falls	N. Tonawanda
Norwich	Ogdensburg
Olean	Oneida
Oneonta	Oswego
Peekskill	Plattsburgh
Port Jervis	Poughkeepsie
Queens	Rensselaer
Rochester	Rome
Rye	Salamanca
Saratoga Springs	Schenectady
Sherrill	Staten Island
Syracuse	Tonawanda
Troy	Utica
Watertown	Watervliet
White Plains	Yonkers

New York Town Clerks

Allegany	Batavia
Bath	Bristol
Broome	Canton
Catskill	Chemung
Clarkstown	Clinton
Columbia	Cortlandt
Deerfield	Delaware
Dix	Elizabethtown
Fort Edward	Geneseo
Goshen	Herkimer
Huntington	Johnstown
Lake George	Lake Pleasant
Lockport	Lyons
Malone	Malta
New Bremen	North Castle
Norwich	Onondaga
Orleans	Oswego
Owego	Potter
Poughkeepsie	Putnam Valley
Riverhead	Rochester
Rye	Schoharie
Thompson	Tompkins
Ulster	Victor
Warsaw	Waterloo
Watertown	Wawarsing
Woodbury

Copy of Certificate of Marriage License

Vital Records Section
New York State Department of Health
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0023

Please Note: State and county marriage license requirements often change. The above information is for guidance only and should not be regarded as legal advice. Additional information can be found on the New York State Department of Health website.

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