New York S 10191: Increases the marriage ceremony fee and the marriage license fee in the city of New York

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S10191 Summary:

BILL NOS10191 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11049

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§11-a & 15, Dom Rel L

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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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BILL NOS10191 

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05/05/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10191

 IN SENATE

 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

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