Legal Question in Criminal Law in North Carolina
Legal Age For Consentual Sex
What is the legal age limit for sex in North Carolina?
Asked on 10/23/00, 11:02 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Donald Gillespie
Attorney at Law
Re: Legal Age For Consentual Sex
Sixteen (16). NC statutes go on to define rape as anyone
who has sex with one who is 13,14,15 if that person
is four or more years older than the juvenile.
Remember consent is not a defense
since the juvenile is presumed unable to consent.
DG
Answered on 11/15/00, 4:53 am
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