S10191 • 2025

Increases the marriage ceremony fee and the marriage license fee in the city of New York

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Sponsor: John Liu
Last action: 2026-05-05
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Increases the marriage ceremony fee and the marriage license fee in the city of New York

Increases the marriage ceremony fee and the marriage license fee in the city of New York Increases the marriage ceremony fee to fifty-five dollars and the marriage license fee to sixty dollars in the city of New York.

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Increases the marriage ceremony fee and the marriage license fee in the city of New York Increases the marriage ceremony fee to fifty-five dollars and the marriage license fee to sixty dollars in the city of New York.

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2026-05-05 Senate
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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Increases the marriage ceremony fee and the marriage license fee in the city of New York
Increases the marriage ceremony fee to fifty-five dollars and the marriage license fee to sixty dollars in the city of New York.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10191

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       May 5, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in  relation  to  increasing
          the  marriage ceremony fee and the marriage license fee in the city of
          New York

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 11-a of the domes-
     2  tic relations law, as amended by chapter 424 of the  laws  of  1990,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    d.  In  all cases in which the city clerk of such city or one of [his]
     5  THEIR deputies or the permanent members of [his] THEIR staff  so  desig-
     6  nated  shall  perform a marriage ceremony such official shall demand and
     7  be entitled to collect therefor a fee to be fixed by the council of  the
     8  city  of  New York not exceeding [twenty-five] FIFTY-FIVE dollars, which
     9  sum shall be paid by the contracting parties before or immediately  upon
    10  the  solemnization  of the marriage; and all such fees so received shall
    11  be paid over to the commissioner of finance of the city.
    12    § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 15 of the  domestic  relations  law,  as
    13  amended  by  chapter  35  of  the  laws  of  2017, is amended to read as
    14  follows:
    15    5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the city clerk
    16  of the city of New York, before issuing  any  licenses  herein  provided
    17  for,  shall  be  entitled to a fee of [twenty-five] SIXTY dollars, which
    18  sum shall be paid by the applicants before or at the time the license is
    19  issued and all such fees so received shall be paid monthly into the city
    20  treasury.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15591-01-6