{"id":166,"date":"2025-05-24T08:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T12:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:41:13","slug":"age-of-consent-in-ga-in-sex-crimes-statutory-rape-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/age-of-consent-in-ga-in-sex-crimes-statutory-rape-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Age of Consent in Georgia | 2026 Statutory Rape Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By:<\/em> Criminal Defense Attorney Larry Kohn, Georgia Sex Crimes Lawyer in Atlanta for Almost 30 Years<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smyrna-1.png\" alt=\"Atlanta sex crimes lawyer Larry Kohn has over 600 AVVO 5-star reviews, and has been named a Super Lawyer 9 years in a row.\" width=\"724\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smyrna-1.png 940w, https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smyrna-1-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smyrna-1-768x203.png 768w, https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smyrna-1-455x120.png 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Georgia age of consent laws:<\/em> Thousands of monthly Internet searches for statutory rape laws in Georgia occur monthly in the Peach State. Many inquiries to our lawyers near me come from people worried about being convicted of statutory rape focus upon &#8220;age of consent in Georgia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As you will read below, the age of consent varies in different situations in the State of Georgia. But, for any victim female, or male, being age 15 or under means that he or she cannot consent to sexual activity with any person 18 or older.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/age-of-consent-in-ga-in-sex-crimes-statutory-rape-laws\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Age of Consent in Georgia | 2026 Statutory Rape Laws\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Criminal Defense Attorney Larry Kohn, Georgia Sex Crimes Lawyer in Atlanta for Almost 30 Years Georgia age of consent laws: Thousands of monthly Internet searches for statutory rape laws in Georgia occur monthly in the Peach State. 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