Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 255.20 — Unlawfully procuring a marriage license, bigamy, adultery: defense
N.Y. Penal Law § 255.20
- Type
- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 255.20 Unlawfully procuring a marriage license, bigamy, adultery:
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 255.20 — Unlawfully procuring a marriage license, bigamy, adultery: defense is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 255.20 Unlawfully procuring a marriage license, bigamy, adultery:
defense.
In any prosecution for unlawfully procuring a marriage license, bigamy, or adultery, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant acted under a reasonable belief that both he and the other person to the marriage or prospective marriage or to the sexual intercourse, as the case may be, were unmarried.