The name change option does not apply to your first name or middle name. Although you may correct mistakes in your Certificate of Marriage Registration, a surname choice is not considered a mistake and cannot be changed through the usual amendment process. Same-sex couples can go to a City Clerk's office in any borough to apply for a Marriage License or begin the application process online.
Learn more about applying for a Marriage License. The legal age to get married in the City of New York is If you or your prospective spouse is 17 years old, you are required to have written parental consent as well as written approval from either a supreme court justice or a family court judge in order to obtain a marriage license. You must bring a valid form of documentation that displays proof of age and date of birth. The following forms of identification are accepted:.
The parents of you and your prospective spouse must accompany you at the time of filling out the application, to give their consent. If one parent is deceased, then the surviving parent must appear along with a death certificate for the deceased parent. On July 22, , Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation raising the age of consent to be married in New York State to This legislation takes effect 30 days after becoming law and will apply to licenses issued after that date and marriages that had not been made official before that date.
If you and your future spouse are 18 years or older, you can apply online for a Marriage License using City Clerk Online. When you submit the Marriage License application, you will get a confirmation number. To complete the application, both you and your future spouse must bring the confirmation number along with payment, proper identification, and additional required documentation to any of the City Clerk offices. Online applications expire after 21 days.
Applicants under 18 years old cannot apply for a marriage license online. If you and your future spouse must marry before the 24 hour waiting period is over, you can request permission from a Judge to waive this requirement.
There is no fee to obtain a Judicial Waiver. You must give the Judicial Waiver to your Marriage Officiant to enable them to perform the ceremony within the 24 hour waiting period. At the end of the marriage ceremony, the Marriage Officiant, both spouses, and the witness es should sign the Marriage License.
You will receive your Certificate of Marriage Registration in the mail within approximately 20 days from the date when the City Clerk receives and processes the Marriage License.
You can also send an email to officeservices cityclerk. If you and your future spouse have a Marriage Ceremony at the City Clerk's Office, you will get a Certificate of Marriage Registration on that same day once the ceremony is complete. If your Marriage License is lost, stolen, or mutilated, you must obtain a Duplicate Marriage License in order to get married. Either you or your future spouse may apply for a Duplicate Marriage License. A Marriage License is the document you obtain in order to get married.
If your Marriage License is incorrect, you must make the changes before the marriage ceremony is held. You can pay by credit card, debit card Visa or MasterCard , or money order payable to the City Clerk.
Inmates in the custody of the Department of Correction who want to get married must go to the Counseling Unit in their facility. The inmate's name is placed on a list by the counselor. A representative from the City Clerk's Office comes to each facility periodically and meets with the individuals on the list. The inmate fills out their half of the Marriage License at that time and receives further instructions from the Counseling Unit. The City intends to use the data collected from this survey to generally add and improve City services.
Survey participation is voluntary. You would need an official letter from the agency saying that you need the marriage record to process the claim. Please submit a copy of your U. We are currently experiencing significant delays in order processing.
Box Albany, NY We do not encourage third party pickups. If you are unable to come to our office yourself, we recommend that you order your certificate by mail or via internet or telephone. Marriage Records date back to November of , and a transcript—not an image or photocopy—can be provided for the records we have.
The fee still applies even if the record was not found. It may take up to one week to complete the search. If you prefer to have a civil non-religious ceremony, you can schedule an appointment at the following locations:. City News. Marriage License Applications Getting married in New York State is a three-step process: 1 obtain a marriage license from a municipal clerk; 2 have a ceremony it may be religious or secular , after which the officiant and witnesses sign the license; 3 return the signed license to the municipal clerk.
Group 3: Previous Marriage s , if applicable — a judgment of divorce, court-ordered annulment, or death certificate is required for each previous marriage. The entry for New Middle Name shall consist of one of the following: the current surname of the spouse electing to change their name; or any former surname of the spouse electing to change their name; or the surname of the other spouse. The entry for New Surname shall consist of one of the following: the surname of the other spouse; or any former surname of either spouse; or a name combining into a single surname all or a segment of the pre-marriage surname or any former surname of each spouse; or a combination name separated by a hyphen or space, provided that each part of such combination surname is the pre-marriage surname, or any former surname, of each of the spouses.
Copy of Marriage Certificate Marriage records are on file in the municipality where the license was originally applied for, not where the ceremony took place e.
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