Section 17-171. Records of marriages on file with the department of health and mental hygiene; transfer to the city clerk; certification

a.  The  department  is  authorized to transfer to and the city clerk of the city
  of New York is authorized to receive and maintain all  original  records
  of  marriages  filed  with  the  department  or  the  office of the city
  inspector subsequent to the year  eighteen  hundred  sixty-six  together
  with the indexes to such records.
    b. Upon the transfer of such records the city clerk of the city of New
  York  shall have the authority to issue upon request certified copies of
  or extracts from such records.
    c. Any copy or extract  of  the  record  of  marriage,  when  properly
  certified  by the city clerk or his or her deputy duly authorized to act
  for such city clerk, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts  therein
  stated,  in  all  courts, and places, and in all actions, proceedings or
  applications,  judicial,  administrative  or  otherwise,  and  any  such
  certificate of marriage shall be accepted with the same force and effect
  with respect to the facts therein stated as the original marriage record
  or a certified copy thereof.