Long Island Weddings
Rules, fees and months

Long Island wedding guides, from the source.

Suffolk County marries more couples in October than in June. East Hampton caps a catered beach wedding at 50 people. The Village of Southampton wrote a wedding noise exception into its code in July 2024 and the Town did not. These pages come from the state tables and the town codes, with the section numbers, and they say plainly where a fee is not published.

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The guides

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Seasonality, Nassau and Suffolk
When Long Island weddings actually happen

Suffolk County recorded 1,039 marriages in October 2022 and 333 in January. Month by month counts for Nassau and Suffolk from NYS DOH Table 47.

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Permits and rules, East Hampton
The East Hampton beach wedding permit, in plain terms

East Hampton Town caps catered beach weddings at 50 attendees and bans amplified music on the sand. Town and Trustees permits, fees from $75, deadlines.

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Noise codes, Southampton
Southampton noise rules: the village line decides when the music stops

The Village of Southampton added a wedding noise exception on 11 July 2024. The Town of Southampton did not, and cuts outdoor amplified sound at 7pm.

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Estate rentals, East Hampton
Hamptons private estate weddings: Town Chapter 151 and Village Chapter 139, side by side

Chapter 151 in East Hampton Town and Chapter 139 in the Village both require a permit at 50 people. Deadlines, tents, parking, insurance and fines.

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Federal permits, Fire Island
Getting married on Fire Island: the National Park Service permit

Fire Island National Seashore lists weddings as a permit category. Under 25 people need no permit, applications go by U.S. Mail only, fees not published.

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Tents and Fire Marshals, East End
Tent wedding permits on Long Island, town by town

In East Hampton Town a tent of 700 square feet or more needs a Fire Marshal permit and may stand 14 consecutive days at most. Southampton: not retrieved.

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Paperwork, Nassau and Suffolk
New York's marriage license, the Long Island edition

A New York marriage license costs $40 outside New York City, cannot be used for 24 hours, and expires after 60 days. Both of you must apply in person.

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Budgets, Long Island
What a Long Island wedding costs, using only numbers someone actually published

No marketplace publishes a Long Island average. The Knot says $49,000 for New York State. The Wedding Report's Long Island estimate is $45,173 to $55,211.

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Officiants, boats and New York law
A ship captain cannot legally marry you in New York

New York Domestic Relations Law Section 11 is a closed list of who may solemnize a marriage, and no captain or master appears on it.

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Capacity, COIs and Subchapter T
The Certificate of Inspection decides your guest list

Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection numbers are a hard legal ceiling. Subchapter T covers vessels carrying 150 or fewer passengers.

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Docks, permits and town codes
Town dock rules decide where your boat can board guests

Huntington Section 120-18 requires a town permit, $1,000,000 of insurance and a Coast Guard certificate before a charter boat boards guests.

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What 30 club websites actually say
Which Long Island country clubs let non members book a wedding

We read what 30 Long Island clubs publish about who may book an event. Twenty publish an open route, four gate it on membership, and six say nothing.

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Budget
Affordable Long Island wedding venues, with every number labeled

Lowest labeled Long Island venue figures: $69 per person at Timber Point on Wedding Spot, $99 at Coindre Hall on Lessing's site, and the 22% fee after.

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How it works
The Long Island Wedding Playbook

Cocktail hour, Viennese hour, the maitre d’ and the bridal attendant, explained for people who did not grow up out here.

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