CERTIFICATE OF NON IMPEDIMENT
If you are planning to marry in another country, you may be required to obtain a Certificate of Non-Impediment. This document has many different names such as Declaration of Non-Impediment to Marry, Statutory Declaration of Single Status, Affidavit of Intended Marriage, Statement In-Lieu of Certificate of Non-Impediment to Marriage Abroad, Certificate de Coutume or a Certificate of No Impediment or a Certificate of Nulla Osta or simply a Certificate of Freedom to Marry.
What ever the name, what the authorities of the country are requesting from you is a document in which you state some of your personal details, as well as your intention to marry in the country in question and a confirmation that you are not married.
If you're looking for a CERTIFICATE OF NON IMPEDIMENT and you can seem to
find one? Good news if you live in
New York City
(Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Manhattan, NYC) you're in luck. A
Certificate of Non-Impediment is an official Certification that the Office of
the City Clerk has no information that would be an "impediment" to your getting
a Marriage License in the City of New York. Certificates of Non-Impediments can
only be issued to NYC residents.
If you are planning to marry in another country, you may be required to obtain a
Certificate of Non-Impediment. Upon submitting this Certificate of
Non-Impediment application, you will receive a Confirmation Number. To complete
your application, you must bring your Confirmation Number along with proper
identification, payment and any additional required documentation to the
Manhattan Office of the City Clerk.
Remember, In order to obtain a Certificate of non-impediment you must reside within the city of New York. The City Clerk of New York will issue you a Certificate of Non-Impediment which will be valid for six months from the issuance date.
If you live anywhere else you maybe able to use this DOCUMENT... I can then notarize it and then have it Apostille or legalized for you. Check with the embassy/consular's office to see if this is acceptable to them. Otherwise, you must go to the consular office of the country in which you wish to marry any present the information in this letter. They may tell you to go to your Town or city Clerk's office to get this Certificate of non Impediment letter or they may even tell you to go to your Federal Government to get this affidavit from them. Most Town Clerks will tell you they do not issue them or they may do a search an give you a FORM letter that will indicate no divorce record was found. Since this type of form letter can not be notarized it will not be suit your needs.
Check with the authorities of the country whether you need an affidavit or a statutory declaration and if you can use this STATUTORY DECLARATION OF SINGLE STATUS. Some countries may require you to visit the consular office to have this form signed in front of them, with others a notary stamp & an a Apostille are all you need.
Do these NY State Counties issues Certificate of non Impediment?
- Albany
- Allegany
- Bronx, Yes
- Broome
- Cattaraugus
- Cayuga
- Chautauqua
- Chemung
- Chenango
- Clinton
- Columbia
- Cortland
- Delaware
- Dutchess
- Erie
- Essex
- Franklin
- Fulton
- Genesee
- Greene
- Hamilton
- Herkimer
- Jefferson
- Kings (Brooklyn), Yes
- Lewis
- Livingston
- Madison
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Nassau, Yes, But it's Just a Form Letter.
- New York (Manhattan) Yes
- Niagara
- Oneida
- Onondaga
- Ontario
- Orange No
- Orleans
- Oswego
- Otsego
- Putnam
- Queens, Yes
- Rensselaer
- Richmond (Staten Island), Yes
- Rockland
- Saratoga
- Schenectady
- Schoharie
- Schuyler
- Seneca
- Steuben
- St. Lawrence
- Suffolk, No
- Sullivan
- Tioga
- Tompkins
- Ulster
- Warren
- Washington
- Wayne
- Westchester
- Wyoming
- Yates
This list is under construction, if you have any information that can be used to update this list please contact me.
Certificate of No-marriage Records