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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.
The federal law establishes the age of 12 as the minimum age of consent, while the age at which there are no restrictions for consensual sexual activities is 18 (sex with someone 12-18 is not illegal per se, but can still be open to prosecution under certain circumstances).