Mar 24, 2025 — A person who engages in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is not more than three years older or three years younger than the perpetrator, ...

It is against the law to have sex with anyone under 16 years old. You can't have sex with someone under 16, even if you are also under 16. There are currently ...

Dec 14, 2004 — Intercourse with a female who is less than 18 years of age is illegal regardless of the age of the defendant. However, sexual acts not amounting ...

18. CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES. State of New Jersey, Department of Law & Public Safety. AGE, SEX, RACE AND ETHNIC ORIGIN OF PERSONS ARRESTED. Under 18 years of ...

Sep 23, 2025 — Generally, the offenses listed in Texas Penal Code prohibit engaging in sexual conduct with anyone under 17 or 18 years old, depending on the statute.

Jul 30, 2025 — People under the age of 13 are not legally able to give consent. Sex with anyone under the age of 13 is defined as the rape of a young child.

The age of consent in SA is 17. This means that it is against the law for anyone to have sex with someone who is under 17.

Nov 10, 2024 — Generally, federal law prohibits sexual activity with individuals under 18 in these cases, even if the age of consent is lower in the minor's ...

Legally, the age of consent is 16 years. The law makes it clear that a child under 13 years is not capable of consenting to sexual activity and any allegations ...

If you are 12 or 13 years old you can only consent to sex with someone who is less than two years and older than you.

Oct 3, 2018 — Statutory rape is said to occur when an underage person or minor engages in sexual intercourse.

Jul 29, 2025 — In general, an individual can be convicted if the victim is under 16 and there is a 4-year age difference between the victim and the other individual.

These draft guidelines are for offenders who are under 18 years of age. When committed by young offenders, these offences have a lower statutory maximum ...

2 No Unlawful Sexual Intercourse: Any person who engages in sexual intercourse with a minor under the age of 18 who is not three years younger or three years ...

In Western Australia, people under 16 years old cannot legally consent to having sex, even if they said 'yes' at the time.

--A person commits a felony of the first degree when the person engages in sexual intercourse with a complainant who is less than 13 years of age and the ...

For example, in the United States under federal law it is a crime to film minors below 18 in sexual acts, even in states where the age of consent is below 18.

Those under the age of 18 cannot legally consent to anyone who has authority over them. Examples of those with authority include: family members (certain.

Sep 25, 2025 — For example, if a person is 17 and has sex with someone who is 15, it is not a crime. But if the person was 18, it is a crime unless the person ...

It is a criminal offence for anyone in a position of trust in relation to anyone under the age of 18 to have any sexual contact with them. The Act includes ...