S 10191 NY
Increases the marriage ceremony fee and the marriage license fee in the city of New York
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Summary
This bill amends the domestic relations law to increase two marriage-related fees in New York City. The marriage ceremony fee, which is collected by the city clerk when performing a marriage ceremony, is increased from a maximum of twenty-five dollars to fifty-five dollars. The marriage license fee, which is collected by the city clerk before issuing a marriage license, is increased from twenty-five dollars to sixty dollars. Both fees must be paid by the applicants before or at the time of the marriage ceremony or license issuance, with collected fees going to the city treasury. The bill takes effect immediately.
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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.
Sponsor (1)
- John Liu Democratic · primary
Action history (1)
- May 5, 2026 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
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  SPONSOR LIU   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §§11-a & 15, Dom Rel L   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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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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