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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.
However, each state has their own law on sexual consent. This law states that a relationship cannot turn sexually until both is of legal age (age of consent). If a person is an adult and have sex with someone under the age of consent, that person of age could go to jail. Most states have the age of consent set at 16.