KY Age of Consent 2010 Kentucky Legal Age Of Consent (Legal Age for Consensual Sex)

What is the 2013 Age of Consent in Kentucky?

The Kentucky legal Age of Consent for sexual contact is 16 years old. A total of thirty one states have set their age of consent at 16, the lowest age of consent in any state.

Kentucky law deems any person under the age of 16 as unable to consent to any sexual acts. While there is no close-in-age exemption, it is a legal defense if the "victim" is at least 14 and the actor is less than 5 years older.

Kentucky has no Close-In-Age Exemption

There are no set close-in-age exemptions or "Romeo and Juliet laws" to Kentucky's age of consent. This means that anyone who engages in sexual activity with someone under the age of consent in Kentucky is liable for prosecution, including people only a few years older then their sexual partner and even two individuals who are both under the age of consent.

What is the Age of Consent?

KY Legal Age of Consent, 2012 and 2013

The Age of Consent is the age at which a person is deemed by Kentucky law to be capable of consenting to, and engaging in, sexual acts. Anyone who engages in sexual activity of any type with a partner under the applicable Age of Consent is breaking the law and can be charged with crimes ranging from a misdemeanor to a felony (statutory rape) depending on the jurisdiction in which they are prosecuted. Kentucky's specific laws on the Age of Consent can be found above.

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