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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE O
Offenses Against Marriage, the Family, and the Welfare of Children and Incompetents
ARTICLE 255
Offenses Affecting the Marital Relationship
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SECTION 255.05
Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree
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SECTION 255.00
Unlawfully solemnizing a marriage
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE O, ARTICLE 255
§ 255.00 Unlawfully solemnizing a marriage.

A person is guilty of unlawfully solemnizing a marriage when:

1. Knowing that he is not authorized by the laws of this state to do
so, he performs a marriage ceremony or presumes to solemnize a marriage;
or

2. Being authorized by the laws of this state to perform marriage
ceremonies and to solemnize marriages, he performs a marriage ceremony
or solemnizes a marriage knowing that a legal impediment to such
marriage exists.

Unlawfully solemnizing a marriage is a class A misdemeanor.