N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law § 20-B

NEW YORK DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW (Chapter 14) § 20-B — Certification of marriage; state commissioner of h DRL § 20-B Certification of marriage; state commissioner of health mayfurnish. 1 /legislation/laws/DOM/A3 § 20-b. Certification of marriage; state commissioner of health mayfurnish. 1. The state commissioner of health or person authorized by himshall, upon request, issue to any applicant a certification of anymarriage registered under the provisions of this article, unless he issatisfied that the same does not appear to be necessary or required forjudicial or other proper purposes. Any such certification of marriagemade by such commissioner or person authorized to act for him shall beprima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts thereinstated.2. Such certification shall contain a statement of the respectivenames, dates and places of birth and places of the then residence ofeach of the parties to such marriage and the date and place thereof.3. Each applicant for a certification of marriage shall remit to thecommissioner with such application a fee of thirty dollars in paymentfor the search of the files and records and the furnishing of suchcertification if a record thereof is found or for a certification that asearch discloses no record of a marriage.4. The federal agency in charge of vital statistics may obtain, at afee acceptable to the commissioner, information from marriage recordsfor use solely as statistical data. Source: NYSenate.gov Open Legislation | Laws of New York Page 1