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SECTION 10
Time within which marriage may be solemnized; member of the uniformed services
Veterans' Services (VET) CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 1
§ 10. Time within which marriage may be solemnized; member of the
uniformed services. Notwithstanding section thirteen-b of the domestic
relations law, where either of the parties making application for a
marriage license, pursuant to section thirteen of the domestic relations
law, is a member of the uniformed services of the United States on
active duty the marriage of the parties shall not be solemnized within
twenty-four hours after the issuance of the marriage license, nor shall
it be solemnized after one hundred eighty days from the date of the
issuance of the marriage license. Proof that the applicant is a member
of the uniformed services of the United States shall be furnished to the
satisfaction of the official issuing the marriage license. Every license
to marry issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall state
the day and hour the license is issued and shall contain a recital that
it is issued pursuant to the provisions of this section.