Current as of January 01, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Any marriage in which either party is under the age of seventeen years is hereby prohibited. Any town or city clerk who shall knowingly issue a marriage license to any persons, one or both of whom shall be at the time of their contemplated marriage actually under the age of seventeen years, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of one hundred dollars.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Domestic Relations Law - DOM § 15-a. Marriages of minors under seventeen years of age - last updated January 01, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/domestic-relations-law/dom-sect-15-a.html
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