New York Domestic Relations Code § 15-A

Marriages of minors under eighteen years of age
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§ 15-a. Marriages of minors under eighteen years of age. Any marriage\nin which either party is under the age of eighteen years is hereby\nprohibited. Any town or city clerk who shall knowingly issue a marriage\nlicense to any persons, one or both of whom shall be at the time of\ntheir contemplated marriage actually under the age of eighteen years,\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be\nfined in the sum of one hundred dollars.\n

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