§ 4-02 Accepting Registration Outside of the Office.
RCNY § 4-02
Domestic partners may register at the office of the City Clerk during regular business hours. Exceptions to this provision will be made only in those cases where an individual is confined to a hospital and in cases where an individual is confined in prison. The acceptance of prison or hospital registration is a courtesy, and is therefore entirely subject to the availability of personnel and the schedule in the office, (a) In a hospital case, the following requirements must be satisfied before registration will occur: (1) The parties must present a statement from the doctor or hospital indicating that the sick party is seriously ill, that the party will be confined to the hospital for a very long period of time, that there is a possibility that the sick person will not survive the illness, and that the sick person is mentally competent to apply for registration of a domestic partnership; (2) The parties must call ahead of time or make arrangements for the registration application to be completed; and (3) The parties must be willing to furnish City Clerk personnel with transportation to and from the hospital and must arrange on their own for someone to return to the City Clerk office to pick up the domestic partner registration certificate and pay any registration filing fee.
(b)In a prison case, the requirements are as follows: (1) The parties must present a written statement from the social worker, warden or other authorized person granting consent for the processing of the domestic partner registration in the prison; and (2) The parties must contract the City Clerk's office ahead of time to request that a domestic partner affidavit be registered and to make all necessary preparations.
