N.Y. DOM Law § 19-A
This is the official text of N.Y. DOM Law § 19-A, part of New York’s Domestic Relations Law — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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Marriages on vessels; reports and records
Official statutory text
§ 19-a. Marriages on vessels; reports and records. The master, chief\nofficer, ship's surgeon, or the company, corporation, charterer, or\nperson having the management and control of any vessel which shall\narrive at the port of New York, shall report, in writing, to the city\nclerk of the city of New York within three days after the arrival of\nsuch vessel the marriage of any resident of such city occurring thereon\nat sea, and shall file with such clerk a transcript of the entry made in\nthe log book of such vessel in respect to any such marriage.\n
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