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PEN - 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
255.00 - Unlawfully Solemnizing a Marriage.
Universal Citation: NY Penal L § 255.00 (2022)
§ 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.
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