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Confidence votes 42. The age of sexual consent in Georgia is 16. While it is not legal to have sex if you are not at least 16 years old, it is also illegal to have sex unless you are married in Georgia. It's called the fornication law and is a misdemeanor, and yes, people have been recently charged with it.
Those under the age of majority, or minors, are considered incapable of such legal decisions. Georgia legal ages laws do not specify at which age a minor is eligible for emancipation from his or her parents, but the state requires individuals to be 18 years old in order to consent to medical treatment or enter into a contract.