N.Y. DOM Law § 20-B

§ 20-b. Certification of marriage; state commissioner of health may\nfurnish. 1. The state commissioner of health or person authorized by him\nshall, upon request, issue to any applicant a certification of any\nmarriage registered under the provisions of this article, unless he is\nsatisfied that the same does not appear to be necessary or required for\njudicial or other proper purposes. Any such certification of marriage\nmade by such commissioner or person authorized to act for him shall be\nprima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein\nstated.\n 2. Such certification shall contain a statement of the respective\nnames, dates and places of birth and places of the then residence of\neach of the parties to such marriage and the date and place thereof.\n 3. Each applicant for a certification of marriage shall remit to the\ncommissioner with such application a fee of thirty dollars in payment\nfor the search of the files and records and the furnishing of such\ncertification if a record thereof is found or for a certification that a\nsearch discloses no record of a marriage.\n 4. The federal agency in charge of vital statistics may obtain, at a\nfee acceptable to the commissioner, information from marriage records\nfor use solely as statistical data.\n