https://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/content/marriage-records

If you wish to request a Marriage Record created within 50 years from today’s date, you must meet one of the following criteria:

• You are one of the spouses, or
• You have written, notarized authorization from either spouse, or
• You wish to purchase a Marriage Record for another person to be mailed directly to that other person’s address based on your sworn statement (the record will not be given to you), or
• You are an attorney and you require the record as evidence in a legal proceeding, or
• Both spouses are deceased and you can present their original death certificates, or
• You have a judicial or other proper purpose.

Procedure for either Spouse

• You will need to mail a photocopy of proper identification and the appropriate fee.
• You will be asked to fill out an application where you will provide all of the information you have about your wedding and the location of our office where you first obtained the license.

Procedure for Persons with Written Authorization from either Spouse

• You may give any person you like written authorization to obtain your Marriage Record.
• You must provide the person an original consent letter that you signed and is notarized.
  Download a sample consent letter
• Your representative will not be able to use a photocopy or fax copy of the original letter.
• Your representative must be named in the letter and the name must be exactly the same as the name on your representative’s proper identification.
• Your representative must provide the appropriate fee by credit card or money order payable to the City Clerk.

Proper Identification

We accept the following forms of identification for most of the services we provide. Expired identification is not accepted :

• IDNYC
• Driver License with photograph (from the United States of America or any of its territories)
• Non-Driver Identification Card with photograph (from the United States of America or any of its territories)
• Learner Permit with photograph (from the United States of America or any of its territories)
• Active United States Military Identification Card
• Passport