Age of Consent Laws by State: Statutes, Protections and Reporting

A. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Oral sexual contact" means oral contact with the penis, vulva or anus. 2. "Position of trust" means a person who is or was any of the following: (a) The minor's parent, stepparent, grandparent, adoptive parent, legal guardian, aunt, uncle or foster parent. (b) The minor's teacher or any school employee or volunteer at the minor's school who is eighteen years of age or older. (c) The minor's coach or instructor, whether the coach or instructor is an employee or volunteer. (d) The minor's clergyman or priest or any person who is at least eighteen years of age and who worked or volunteered for a religious organization that hosted events or activities where the minor was in attendance. (e) Engaged in a sexual or romantic relationship with the minor's parent, adoptive parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, legal guardian, foster parent, stepparent, step-grandparent  or sibling. (f) Related to the minor by blood or marriage within the third degree and is at least ten years older than the minor. (g) The minor's employer.

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Also relied on in: Arizona Age of Consent Laws: Statutes, Penalties and Reporting

A. A person commits sexual conduct with a minor by intentionally or knowingly engaging in sexual intercourse or oral sexual contact with any person who is under eighteen years of age. B. Sexual conduct with a minor who is twelve years of age or under and who suffers serious physical injury is a class 1 felony and is punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the state department of corrections for natural life as determined and in accordance with the procedures provided in section 13-752.

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A. It is a defense to a prosecution pursuant to sections 13-1404 and 13-1405 involving a minor if the act was done in furtherance of lawful medical practice. B. It is a defense to a prosecution pursuant to sections 13-1404 and 13-1405 in which the victim's lack of consent is based on incapacity to consent because the victim was fifteen, sixteen or seventeen years of age if at the time the defendant engaged in the conduct constituting the offense the defendant did not know and could not reasonably have known the age of the victim. C.

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A. A person commits molestation of a child by intentionally or knowingly engaging in or causing a person to engage in sexual contact, except sexual contact with the female breast, with a child who is under fifteen years of age. B. Molestation of a child is a class 2 felony that is punishable pursuant to section 13-705.

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(a) Unlawful sexual intercourse is an act of sexual intercourse accomplished with a person who is not the spouse of the perpetrator, if the person is a minor. For the purposes of this section, a “minor” is a person under 18 years of age and an “adult” is a person who is 18 years of age or older. (b) A person who engages in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is not more than three years older or three years younger than the perpetrator, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (c) A person who engages in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is more than three years younger than the perpetrator is guilty of either a misdemeanor or a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170. (d) A person 21 years of age or older who engages in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is under 16 years of age is guilty of either a misdemeanor or a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three, or four years.

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Also relied on in: California Age of Consent Laws: Statutes, Penalties and Reporting

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (i), a person who willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, including any of the acts constituting other crimes provided for in Part 1, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child who is under the age of 14 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person or the child, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for three, six, or eight years. (b) (1) A person who commits an act described in subdivision (a) by use of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 5, 8, or 10 years. (2) A person who is a caretaker and commits an act described in subdivision (a) upon a dependent person by use of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person, with the intent described in subdivision (a), is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 5, 8, or 10 years.

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(a) A person is guilty of sexual assault in the first degree when such person (1) compels another person to engage in sexual intercourse by the use of force against such other person or a third person, or by the threat of use of force against such other person or against a third person which reasonably causes such person to fear physical injury to such person or a third person, or (2) engages in sexual intercourse with another person and such other person is under thirteen years of age and the actor is more than two years older than such person, or (3) commits sexual assault in the second degree as provided in section 53a-71 and in the commission of such offense is aided by two or more other persons actually present, or (4) engages in sexual intercourse with another person and such other person is mentally incapacitated to the extent that such other person is unable to consent to such sexual intercourse.

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Also relied on in: Connecticut Age of Consent Laws: Statutes, Penalties and Reporting

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Actor” means a person accused of any offense proscribed under this chapter. (2) “Bodily injury” means injury involving loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty, or physical disfigurement, disease, sickness, or injury involving significant pain. (3) “Child” means a person who has not yet attained the age of 16 years. (4) “Consent” means words or overt actions indicating a freely given agreement to the sexual act or contact in question. Lack of verbal or physical resistance or submission by the victim, resulting from the use of force, threats, or coercion by the defendant shall not constitute consent. (4A) “Domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3). (4B) “Domestic partnership” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(4). (5) “Force” means the use or threatened use of a weapon; the use of such physical strength or violence as is sufficient to overcome, restrain, or injure a person; or the use of a threat of harm sufficient to coerce or compel submission by the victim. (5A) “Minor” means a person who has not yet attained the age of 18 years.

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Also relied on in: District of Columbia Age of Consent Laws: Statutes and Reporting

Whoever, being at least 4 years older than a child, engages in a sexual act with that child or causes that child to engage in a sexual act shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life and, in addition, may be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01. However, the court may impose a prison sentence in excess of 30 years only in accordance with § 22-3020 or § 24-403.01(b-2). For purposes of imprisonment following revocation of release authorized by § 24-403.01(b)(7), the offense defined by this section is a Class A felony.

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Whoever, being at least 4 years older than a child, engages in sexual contact with that child or causes that child to engage in sexual contact shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years and, in addition, may be fined in an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01.

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Whoever, being 18 years of age or older, is in a significant relationship with a minor, and engages in a sexual act with that minor or causes that minor to engage in a sexual act shall be imprisoned for not more than 15 years and may be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01, or both.

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Whoever, being 18 years of age or older, is in a significant relationship with a minor and engages in a sexual contact with that minor or causes that minor to engage in a sexual contact shall be imprisoned for not more than 7 1/2 years and may be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01, or both.

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(a) Neither mistake of age nor consent is a defense to a prosecution under §§ 22-3008 to 22-3010.01, prosecuted alone or in conjunction with charges under § 22-3018 or § 22-403. (b) Marriage or domestic partnership between the defendant and the child or minor at the time of the offense is a defense, which the defendant must establish by a preponderance of the evidence, to a prosecution under §§ 22-3008 to 22-3010.01, prosecuted alone or in conjunction with charges under § 22-3018 or § 22-403, involving only the defendant and the child or minor.

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(a) “Cognitive disability” means a developmental disability that substantially impairs an individual’s cognitive abilities including, but not limited to, delirium, dementia and other organic brain disorders for which there is an identifiable pathologic condition, as well as nonorganic brain disorders commonly called functional disorders. “Cognitive disability” also includes conditions of mental retardation, severe cerebral palsy, and any other condition found to be closely related to mental retardation because such condition results in the impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior similar to that of persons who have been diagnosed with mental retardation, or such condition requires treatment and services similar to those required for persons who have been diagnosed with mental retardation. (b) “Cunnilingus” means any oral contact with the female genitalia. (c) “Fellatio” means any oral contact with the male genitalia. (d) “Object” means any item, device, instrument, substance or any part of the body. It does not mean a medical instrument used by a licensed medical doctor or nurse for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment.

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Also relied on in: Delaware Age of Consent Laws: Statutes, Penalties and Reporting

For purposes of Title XVI,* unless another age is specified, a “child” is any person under the age of fourteen years.

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Also relied on in: Iowa Age of Consent Laws: Statutes, Penalties and Reporting

1. A person eighteen years of age or older is upon conviction guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor if the person commits any of the following acts with a child, not the person’s spouse, with or without the child’s consent, for the purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual desires of either of them: a. Fondle or touch the inner thigh, groin, buttock, anus, or breast of the child. b. Touch the clothing covering the immediate area of the inner thigh, groin, buttock, anus, or breast of the child. c. Solicit or permit a child to fondle or touch the inner thigh, groin, buttock, anus, or breast of the person. d. Solicit a child to engage in any act prohibited under section 709.8, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, “b”, or “e”. 2. The provisions of this section shall also apply to a person sixteen or seventeen years of age who commits any of the enumerated acts with a child who is at least five years the person’s junior, in which case the juvenile court shall have jurisdiction under chapter 232.

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1. As used in this section: a. “Adult providing training or instruction” means an adult who is not a school employee who provides paid training or instruction to a minor outside of a school setting. For purposes of this paragraph, “adult” is a person age eighteen years or older who is four or more years older than the minor receiving training or instruction. b. “Counselor or therapist” means a physician, psychologist, nurse, professional counselor, social worker, marriage or family therapist, alcohol or drug counselor, member of the clergy, or any other person, whether or not licensed or registered by the state, who provides or purports to provide mental health services. c. “Emotionally dependent” means that the nature of the patient’s or client’s or former patient’s or client’s emotional condition or the nature of the treatment provided by the counselor or therapist is such that the counselor or therapist knows or has reason to know that the patient or client or former patient or client is significantly impaired in the ability to withhold consent to sexual conduct, as described in subsection 2, by the counselor or therapist.

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1. A person commits sexual abuse in the second degree when the person commits sexual abuse under any of the following circumstances: a. During the commission of sexual abuse the person displays in a threatening manner a dangerous weapon, or uses or threatens to use force creating a substantial risk of death or serious injury to any person. b. The other person is a child. c. The person is aided or abetted by one or more persons and the sex act is committed by force or against the will of the other person against whom the sex act is committed. 2. Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class “B” felony.

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1. A person commits sexual abuse in the third degree when the person performs a sex act under any of the following circumstances: a. The act is done by force or against the will of the other person, whether or not the other person is the person’s spouse or is cohabiting with the person. b. The act is between persons who are not at the time cohabiting as husband and wife and if any of the following are true: (1) The other person is suffering from a mental defect or incapacity which precludes giving consent. (2) The other person is fourteen or fifteen years of age and any of the following are true: (a) The person is a member of the same household as the other person. (b) The person is related to the other person by blood or affinity to the fourth degree. (c) The person is in a position of authority over the other person and uses that authority to coerce the other person to submit. (d) The person is four or more years older than the other person. c.

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Also relied on in: Iowa Sexting Laws: Legal Consequences and Penalties, Iowa Background Check Laws (2026 Guide)

18-1506. Sexual abuse of a child under the age of sixteen years. (1) It is a felony for any person eighteen (18) years of age or older, with the intent to gratify the lust, passions, or sexual desire of the actor, minor child or third party, to: (a) Solicit a minor child under the age of sixteen…

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Also relied on in: Idaho Age of Consent Laws: Statutes, Penalties and Reporting

18-1508. Lewd conduct with minor child under sixteen. Any person who shall commit any lewd or lascivious act or acts upon or with the body or any part or member thereof of a minor child under the age of sixteen (16) years, including but not limited to, genital-genital contact, oral-genital contact,…

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18-6101. Rape defined. Rape is defined as the penetration, however slight, of the oral, anal or vaginal opening with a penis accomplished under any one (1) of the following circumstances: (1) Where the victim is under the age of sixteen (16) years, the perpetrator is eighteen (18) years of age or…

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(a) Rape is: (1) Knowingly engaging in sexual intercourse with a victim who does not consent to the sexual intercourse under any of the following circumstances: (A) When the victim is overcome by force or fear; or (B) when the victim is unconscious or physically powerless; (2) Knowingly engaging in sexual intercourse with a victim when the victim is incapable of giving consent because of mental deficiency or disease, or when the victim is incapable of giving consent because of the effect of any alcoholic liquor, narcotic, drug or other substance, which condition was known by the offender or was reasonably apparent to the offender; (3) sexual intercourse with a child who is under 14 years of age; (4) sexual intercourse with a victim when the victim's consent was obtained through a knowing misrepresentation made by the offender that the sexual intercourse was a medically or therapeutically necessary procedure; or (5) sexual intercourse with a victim when the victim's consent was obtained through a knowing misrepresentation made by the offender that the sexual intercourse was a legally required procedure within the scope of the offender's authority.

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Also relied on in: Kansas Expungement Laws: K.S.A. 21-6614 Eligibility, Waiting Periods, and Filing Steps, Kansas Statute of Limitations: Filing Deadlines by Case Type, Kansas Age of Consent Laws: Statutes, Penalties and Reporting

(a) Criminal sodomy is: (1) Sodomy between persons who are 16 or more years of age and members of the same sex; (2) sodomy between a person and an animal; (3) sodomy with a child who is 14 or more years of age but less than 16 years of age; or (4) causing a child 14 or more years of age but less than 16 years of age to engage in sodomy with any person or animal. (b) Aggravated criminal sodomy is: (1) Sodomy with a child who is under 14 years of age; (2) causing a child under 14 years of age to engage in sodomy with any person or an animal; or (3) sodomy with a victim who does not consent to the sodomy or causing a victim, without the victim's consent, to engage in sodomy with any person or an animal under any of the following circumstances: (A) When the victim is overcome by force or fear; (B) when the victim is unconscious or physically powerless; or (C) when the victim is incapable of giving consent because of mental deficiency or disease, or when the victim is incapable of giving consent because of the effect of any alcoholic liquor, narcotic, drug or other substance, which condition was known by, or was reasonably apparent to, the offender.

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Also relied on in: Kansas Court Records: How to Search the District Court Public Access Portal

(a) Indecent liberties with a child is engaging in any of the following acts with a child who is 14 or more years of age but less than 16 years of age: (1) Any lewd fondling or touching of the person of either the child or the offender, done or submitted to with the intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the offender, or both; or (2) soliciting the child to engage in any lewd fondling or touching of the person of another with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of the child, the offender or another.

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(a) Unlawful voluntary sexual relations is: (1) Engaging in any of the following acts with a child who is 14 or more years of age but less than 16 years of age: (A) Voluntary sexual intercourse; (B) voluntary sodomy; or (C) voluntary lewd fondling or touching; (2) when the offender is less than 19 years of age; (3) when the offender is less than four years of age older than the child; (4) when the child and the offender are the only parties involved; and (5) when the child and the offender are members of the opposite sex. (b) Unlawful voluntary sexual relations as defined in: (1) Subsection (a)(1)(A) is a severity level 8, person felony; (2) subsection (a)(1)(B) is a severity level 9, person felony; and (3) subsection (a)(1)(C) is a severity level 10, person felony.

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(a) Unlawful sexual relations is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy with a person who is not married to the offender if: (1) The offender is an employee or volunteer of the department of corrections, or the employee or volunteer of a contractor who is under contract to provide services for a correctional institution, and the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is a person 16 years of age or older who is an inmate; (2) the offender is a parole officer, volunteer for the department of corrections or the employee or volunteer of a contractor who is under contract to provide supervision services for persons on parole, conditional release or postrelease supervision and the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is a person 16 years of age or older who is an inmate who has been released on parole, conditional release or postrelease supervision and the offender has knowledge that the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or…

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(1) Whether or not specifically stated, it is an element of every offense defined in this chapter that the sexual act was committed without consent of the victim. (2) Lack of consent results from: (a) Forcible compulsion; (b) Incapacity to consent; or (c) If the offense charged is sexual abuse, any circumstances in addition to forcible compulsion or incapacity to consent in which the victim does not expressly or impliedly acquiesce in the actor's conduct. (3) A person is deemed incapable of consent when he or she is: (a) Less than sixteen (16) years old; (b) Sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years old and the actor is at least ten (10) years older than the victim at the time of the sexual act; (c) An individual unable to communicate consent or lack of consent, or unable to understand the nature of the act or its consequences, due to an intellectual disability or a mental illness; (d) Mentally incapacitated; (e) Physically helpless; or (f) Under the care or custody of a state or local agency pursuant to court order and the actor is employed by or working on behalf of the state or local agency.

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Also relied on in: Kentucky Age of Consent Laws: Statutes, Penalties and Reporting, Kentucky Sexting Laws: Legal Consequences and Penalties

(1) A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when: (a) He engages in sexual intercourse with another person by forcible compulsion; or (b) He engages in sexual intercourse with another person who is incapable of consent because he: 1. Is physically helpless; or 2. Is less than twelve (12) years old. (2) Rape in the first degree is a Class B felony unless the victim is under twelve (12) years old or receives a serious physical injury in which case it is a Class A felony.

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(1) A person is guilty of rape in the second degree when: (a) Being eighteen (18) years old or more, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person less than fourteen (14) years old; or (b) He or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person who is mentally incapacitated or who is incapable of consent because he or she is an individual with an intellectual disability. (2) Rape in the second degree is a Class C felony, unless the defendant is a person in a position of authority or position of special trust as those terms are defined in KRS 532.045, in which case it is a Class B felony.

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(1) A person is guilty of rape in the third degree when: (a) Being twenty-one (21) years old or more, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person less than sixteen (16) years old; (b) Being at least ten (10) years older than a person who is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years old at the time of sexual intercourse, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with the person; (c) Being twenty-one (21) years old or more, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person less than eighteen (18) years old and for whom he or she provides a foster family home as defined in KRS 600.020; (d) Being a person in a position of authority or position of special trust, as defined in KRS 532.045, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with a minor under eighteen (18) years old with whom he or she comes into contact as a result of that position; (e) Being a jailer, or an employee, contractor, vendor, or volunteer of the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, or a detention facility as defined in KRS 520.010, or of an entity under contract with either department or a detention facility for the custody, supervision, evaluation, or treatment of…

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(1) A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the first degree when: (a) He or she subjects another person to sexual contact by forcible compulsion; or (b) He or she subjects another person to sexual contact who is incapable of consent because he or she: 1. Is physically helpless; 2. Is less than twelve (12) years old; 3. Is mentally incapacitated; or 4. Is an individual with an intellectual disability; or (c) Being twenty-one (21) years old or more, he or she: 1. Subjects another person who is less than sixteen (16) years old to sexual contact; 2. Engages in masturbation in the presence of another person who is less than sixteen (16) years old and knows or has reason to know the other person is present; or 3.

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(1) A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the second degree when: (a) He or she is at least eighteen (18) years old but less than twenty-one (21) years old and subjects another person who is less than sixteen (16) years old to sexual contact; (b) Being a jailer, or an employee, contractor, vendor, or volunteer of the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, or a detention facility as defined in KRS 520.010, or of an entity under contract with either department or a detention facility for the custody, supervision, evaluation, or treatment of offenders, he or she subjects a person who is at least eighteen (18) years old and who he or she knows is incarcerated, supervised, evaluated, or treated by the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, detention facility, or contracting entity, to sexual contact; or (c) Being a peace officer, while serving in his or her official capacity, he or she subjects a person who the officer: 1. Arrested, held in custody, or investigated for commission of a traffic or criminal offense; or 2.

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(1) A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the third degree when he or she subjects another person to sexual contact without the latter's consent. (2) In any prosecution under this section, it is a defense that: (a) The other person's lack of consent was due solely to incapacity to consent by reason of being less than sixteen (16) years old; and (b) The other person was at least fourteen (14) years old; and (c) The actor was less than eighteen (18) years old. (3) Sexual abuse in the third degree is a Class B misdemeanor.

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(1) A person is guilty of sexual misconduct when he engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with another person without the latter's consent. (2) Sexual misconduct is a Class A misdemeanor.

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(1) As used in this section: (a) "Position of authority" means but is not limited to the position occupied by a biological parent, adoptive parent, stepparent, foster parent, relative, household member, adult youth leader, recreational staff, or volunteer who is an adult, adult athletic manager, adult coach, teacher, classified school employee, certified school employee, counselor, staff, or volunteer for either a residential treatment facility or a detention facility as defined in KRS 520.010(4), staff or volunteer with a youth services organization, religious leader, health-care provider, or employer; (b) "Position of special trust" means a position occupied by a person in a position of authority who by reason of that position is able to exercise undue influence over the minor; and (c) "Substantial sexual conduct" means penetration of the vagina or rectum by the penis of the offender or the victim, by any foreign object; oral copulation; or masturbation of either the minor or the offender.

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A. Second degree rape is rape committed when the anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse is deemed to be without the lawful consent of the victim because it is committed under any one or more of the following circumstances: (1) When the victim is prevented from resisting the act by force or threats of physical violence under circumstances where the victim reasonably believes that such resistance would not prevent the rape. (2) When the victim is incapable of resisting or of understanding the nature of the act by reason of stupor or abnormal condition of the mind produced by a narcotic or anesthetic agent or other controlled dangerous substance administered by the offender and without the knowledge of the victim. (3) When the offender acts without the consent of the victim, the victim is thirteen years of age or older but less than seventeen years of age, and the difference between the age of the victim and the age of the offender is three years or greater. Lack of knowledge of the victim's age shall not be a defense. B.

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Also relied on in: Louisiana Age of Consent Laws: Statutes, Penalties and Reporting

A. Sexual battery is the intentional touching of the anus or genitals of the victim by the offender using any instrumentality or any part of the body of the offender, directly or through clothing, or the touching of the anus or genitals of the offender by the victim using any instrumentality or any part of the body of the victim, directly or through clothing, when any of the following occur: (1) The offender acts without the consent of the victim. (2) The victim has not yet attained fifteen years of age and is at least three years younger than the offender. (3) The offender is seventeen years of age or older and any of the following exist: (a) The act is without consent of the victim, and the victim is prevented from resisting the act because either of the following conditions exist: (i) The victim has paraplegia, quadriplegia, or is otherwise physically incapable of preventing the act due to a physical disability. (ii) The victim is incapable, through unsoundness of mind, of understanding the nature of the act, and the offender knew or should have known of the victim's incapacity.

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A. Felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile is committed when: (1) A person who is seventeen years of age or older has sexual intercourse, with consent, with a person who is thirteen years of age or older but less than seventeen years of age, when the victim is not the spouse of the offender and when the difference between the age of the victim and the age of the offender is four years or greater; or (2) A person commits a second or subsequent offense of misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile, or a person who has been convicted one or more times of violating one or more crimes for which the offender is required to register as a sex offender under R.S. 15:542 commits a first offense of misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile. B. As used in this Section, "sexual intercourse" means anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse. C. Lack of knowledge of the juvenile's age shall not be a defense. Emission is not necessary, and penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the crime.

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A. Misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile is committed when a person who is seventeen years of age or older has sexual intercourse, with consent, with a person who is thirteen years of age or older but less than seventeen years of age, when the victim is not the spouse of the offender, and when the difference between the age of the victim and age of the offender is greater than two years, but less than four years. B. As used in this Section, "sexual intercourse" means anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse. C. Lack of knowledge of the juvenile's age shall not be a defense. Emission is not necessary, and penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the crime. D. Whoever commits the crime of misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. E. The offender shall be eligible to have his conviction set aside and his prosecution dismissed in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. F.

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A. Indecent behavior with juveniles is the commission of any of the following acts with the intention of arousing or gratifying the sexual desires of either person: (1) Any lewd or lascivious act upon the person or in the presence of any child under the age of seventeen, where there is an age difference of greater than two years between the two persons. Lack of knowledge of the child's age shall not be a defense. (2) The transmission, delivery or utterance of any textual, visual, written, or oral communication depicting lewd or lascivious conduct, text, words, or images to any person reasonably believed to be under the age of seventeen and reasonably believed to be at least two years younger than the offender. It shall not be a defense that the person who actually receives the transmission is not under the age of seventeen. (3) The grooming of a child under the age of seventeen, where the offender is at least four years older than the child. Completion or attempt to complete such act is not necessary to constitute grooming. Lack of knowledge of the child's age shall not be a defense. B.

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A.(1) Molestation of a juvenile is the commission by anyone over the age of seventeen of any lewd or lascivious act upon the person or in the presence of any child under the age of seventeen, where there is an age difference of greater than two years between the two persons, with the intention of arousing or gratifying the sexual desires of either person, by the use of force, violence, duress, menace, psychological intimidation, threat of great bodily harm, or by the use of influence by virtue of a position of control or supervision over the juvenile. Lack of knowledge of the juvenile's age shall not be a defense.

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A. Prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and a student is committed when any of the following occur: (1) An educator has sexual intercourse with a person who is seventeen years of age or older, but less than twenty-one years of age, where there is an age difference of greater than four years between the two persons, when the victim is not the spouse of the offender and is a student at the school where the educator is assigned, employed, or working at the time of the offense. (2) An educator commits any lewd or lascivious act upon a student or in the virtual or physical presence of a student who is seventeen years of age or older, but less than twenty-one years of age, where there is an age difference of greater than four years between the two persons, with the intention of gratifying the sexual desires of either person, when the victim is a student at the school in which the educator is assigned, employed, or working at the time of the offense.

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§3–303. (a) A person may not: (1) (i) engage in vaginal intercourse with another by force, or the threat of force, without the consent of the other; or (ii) engage in a sexual act with another by force, or the threat of force, without the consent of the other; and (2) (i) employ or display a dangerous weapon, or a physical object that the victim reasonably believes is a dangerous weapon; (ii) suffocate, strangle, disfigure, or inflict serious physical injury on the victim or another in the course of committing the crime; (iii) threaten, or place the victim in fear, that the victim, or an individual known to the victim, imminently will be subject to death, suffocation, strangulation, disfigurement, serious physical injury, or kidnapping; (iv) commit the crime while aided and abetted by another; or (v) commit the crime in connection with a burglary in the first, second, or third degree. (b) A person may not violate subsection (a) of this section while also violating § 3–503(a)(2) of this title involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years.

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§3–304. (a) A person may not engage in vaginal intercourse or a sexual act with another: (1) without the consent of the other; (2) if the victim is a substantially cognitively impaired individual, a mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual, and the person performing the act knows or reasonably should know that the victim is a substantially cognitively impaired individual, a mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual; or (3) if the victim is under the age of 14 years, and the person performing the act is at least 4 years older than the victim. (b) A person 18 years of age or older may not violate subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this section involving a child under the age of 13 years. (c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of the felony of rape in the second degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years.

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§3–307. (a) A person may not: (1) (i) engage in sexual contact with another without the consent of the other; and (ii) 1. employ or display a dangerous weapon, or a physical object that the victim reasonably believes is a dangerous weapon; 2. suffocate, strangle, disfigure, or inflict serious physical injury on the victim or another in the course of committing the crime; 3. threaten, or place the victim in fear, that the victim, or an individual known to the victim, imminently will be subject to death, suffocation, strangulation, disfigurement, serious physical injury, or kidnapping; or 4.

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§3–308. (a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) (i) “Person in a position of authority” means a person who: 1. A. is at least 21 years old and works for remuneration or as a volunteer for a public or private preschool, elementary school, or secondary school; or B. is at least 22 years old and works for remuneration or as a volunteer for a program; and 2. exercises supervision over or works or interacts with one or more minors who attend the school or participate in the program. (ii) “Person in a position of authority” includes a principal, vice principal, teacher, coach, or school counselor at a public or private preschool, elementary school, or secondary school. (3) “Program” means: (i) an individual, a business, a religious or faith–based institution, or an organization that provides, on a for–profit or nonprofit basis, instructional, coaching, recreational, spiritual, character–building, or supervisory services or activities for minors, including: 1. sports, music, dance, art, or martial arts coaching or instruction; 2. tutoring or academic enrichment; 3. day care or after school care; 4. scouting; or 5.

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§3–602. (a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Family member” has the meaning stated in § 3–601 of this subtitle. (3) “Household member” has the meaning stated in § 3–601 of this subtitle. (4) (i) “Sexual abuse” means an act that involves sexual molestation or exploitation of a minor, whether physical injuries are sustained or not. (ii) “Sexual abuse” includes: 1. incest; 2. rape; 3. sexual offense in any degree; and 4. any other sexual conduct that is a crime. (b) (1) A parent or other person who has permanent or temporary care or custody or responsibility for the supervision of a minor may not cause sexual abuse to the minor. (2) A household member or family member may not cause sexual abuse to a minor. (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 25 years.

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(1) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree if the person engages in sexual penetration with another person and if any of the following circumstances exist: (a) That other person is at least 13 years of age and under 16 years of age. (b) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the sexual penetration. Force or coercion includes but is not limited to any of the circumstances listed in section 520b(1)(f)(i) to (v). (c) The actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally incapable, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless. (d) That other person is related to the actor by blood or affinity to the third degree and the sexual penetration occurs under circumstances not otherwise prohibited by this chapter. It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this subdivision that the other person was in a position of authority over the defendant and used this authority to coerce the defendant to violate this subdivision. The defendant has the burden of proving this defense by a preponderance of the evidence. This subdivision does not apply if both persons are lawfully married to each other at the time of the alleged violation.

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Subdivision 1. Adult victim; crime defined. A person who engages in sexual penetration with another person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree if any of the following circumstances exists: (a) circumstances existing at the time of the act cause the complainant to have a reasonable fear of imminent great bodily harm to the complainant or another; (b) the actor is armed with a dangerous weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the complainant to reasonably believe it to be a dangerous weapon and uses or threatens to use the weapon or article to cause the complainant to submit; (c) the actor causes personal injury to the complainant, and any of the following circumstances exist: (i) the actor uses coercion to accomplish the act; (ii) the actor uses force, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 3, clause (2); or (iii) the actor knows or has reason to know that the complainant is mentally impaired, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless; (d) the actor uses force as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 3, clause (1); or (e) the actor is aided or abetted by one or more accomplices within the meaning of section 609.05, and either of…

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Subdivision 1. Adult victim; crime defined. A person who engages in sexual penetration with another person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree if any of the following circumstances exists: (a) the actor uses coercion to accomplish the penetration; (b) the actor knows or has reason to know that the complainant is mentally impaired, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless; (c) the actor uses force, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 3, clause (2); or (d) at the time of the act, the actor is in a prohibited occupational relationship with the complainant. Subd. 1a. Victim under the age of 18; crime defined. A person who engages in sexual penetration with anyone under 18 years of age is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree if any of the following circumstances exists: (a) the complainant is under 14 years of age and the actor is no more than 36 months older than the complainant. Neither mistake as to the complainant's age nor consent to the act by the complainant shall be a defense; (b) the complainant is at least 14 but less than 16 years of age and the actor is more than 24 months older than the complainant.

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Subdivision 1. Adult victim; crime defined. A person who engages in sexual contact with another person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree if any of the following circumstances exists: (a) the actor uses coercion to accomplish the sexual contact; (b) the actor knows or has reason to know that the complainant is mentally impaired, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless; (c) the actor uses force, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 3, clause (2); or (d) at the time of the act, the actor is in a prohibited occupational relationship with the complainant. Subd. 1a. Victim under the age of 18; crime defined. A person who engages in sexual contact with anyone under 18 years of age is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree if any of the following circumstances exists: (a) the complainant is under 14 years of age and the actor is no more than 36 months older than the complainant. Neither mistake as to the complainant's age or consent to the act by the complainant is a defense.

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1.  A person commits the offense of statutory rape in the first degree if he or she has sexual intercourse with another person who is less than fourteen years of age. 2.  The offense of statutory rape in the first degree or an attempt to commit statutory rape in the first degree is a felony for which the authorized term of imprisonment is life imprisonment or a term of years not less than ten years, unless: (1)  The offense is an aggravated sexual offense, or the victim is less than twelve years of age in which case the authorized term of imprisonment is life imprisonment or a term of years not less than fifteen years; or (2)  The person is a persistent or predatory sexual offender as defined in section 566.125 and subjected to an extended term of imprisonment under said section.

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1.  A person commits the offense of statutory sodomy in the second degree if being twenty-one years of age or older, he or she has deviate sexual intercourse with another person who is less than seventeen years of age. 2.  The offense of statutory sodomy in the second degree is a class D felony.

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1.  A person commits the offense of child molestation in the fourth degree if, being more than four years older than a child who is less than seventeen years of age, subjects the child to sexual contact. 2.  The offense of child molestation in the fourth degree is a class E felony.

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1.  A person commits the offense of sexual contact with a student if he or she has sexual contact with a student of the school and is: (1)  A teacher, as that term is defined in subdivisions (4), (5), and (7) of section 168.104; (2)  A student teacher; (3)  An employee of the school; (4)  A volunteer of the school or of an organization working with the school on a project or program who is not a student at the school; (5)  An elected or appointed official of the school district; (6)  A person employed by an entity that contracts with the school or school district to provide services; or (7)  A coach, assistant coach, director, or other adult with a school-aged team, club, or ensemble, regardless of whether such team, club, or ensemble is connected to a school or scholastic association. For purposes of this subdivision, "school-aged team, club, or ensemble" means any group organized for individual or group competition for the performance of sports activities or any group organized for individual or group presentation for fine or performing arts, by any child under eighteen years of age.

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45-5-501. Definitions. (1) (a) As used in 45-5-502, 45-5-503, and 45-5-508, the term "consent" means words or overt actions indicating a freely given agreement to have sexual intercourse or sexual contact and is further defined but not limited by the following: (i) an expression of lack of consent through words or conduct means there is no consent or that consent has been withdrawn; (ii) a current or previous dating or social or sexual relationship by itself or the manner of dress of the person involved with the accused in the conduct at issue does not constitute consent; and (iii) lack of consent may be inferred based on all of the surrounding circumstances and must be considered in determining whether a person gave consent.

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45-5-502. Sexual assault. (1) A person who knowingly subjects another person to any sexual contact without consent commits the offense of sexual assault. (2) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4): (a) on a first conviction for sexual assault, the offender shall be fined an amount not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both; (b) on a second conviction for sexual assault, the offender shall be fined an amount not to exceed $5,000 or be imprisoned for a term not to exceed 5 years, or both; and (c) on a third and subsequent conviction for sexual assault, the offender shall be fined an amount not to exceed $10,000 or be imprisoned for a term not to exceed 10 years, or both.

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45-5-503. Sexual intercourse without consent. (1) A person who knowingly has sexual intercourse with another person without consent or with another person who is incapable of consent commits the offense of sexual intercourse without consent. A person may not be convicted under this section based on the age of the person's spouse, as provided in 45-5-501(1)(b)(iv). (2) A person convicted of sexual intercourse without consent shall be punished by life imprisonment or by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not more than 20 years and may be fined not more than $50,000, except as provided in 46-18-219, 46-18-222, and subsections (3), (4), and (5) of this section. (3) (a) If the victim is less than 16 years old and the offender is 4 or more years older than the victim or if the offender inflicts bodily injury on anyone in the course of committing sexual intercourse without consent, the offender shall be punished by life imprisonment or by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not less than 4 years or more than 100 years and may be fined not more than $50,000, except as provided in 46-18-219 and 46-18-222.

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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Sexual contact has the same meaning as in section 28-318; (b) Sexual penetration has the same meaning as in section 28-318; (c) School means a public, private, denominational, or parochial school approved or accredited by the State Department of Education; (d) School contract worker means a person nineteen years of age or older who, as part of such person's employment, is assigned to work at a school and works in proximity to students of such school, but who is not employed by such school; (e) School employee means a person nineteen years of age or older who is employed by a school; (f) School worker means a school contract worker or a school employee; and (g) Student means a person at least sixteen but not more than nineteen years of age enrolled in or attending a school, or who was such a person enrolled in or who attended school within ninety days of any violation of this section.

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(1) Any person who subjects another person to sexual penetration (a) without the consent of the victim, (b) who knew or should have known that the victim was mentally or physically incapable of resisting or appraising the nature of his or her conduct, or (c) when the actor is nineteen years of age or older and the victim is at least twelve but less than sixteen years of age is guilty of sexual assault in the first degree. (2) Sexual assault in the first degree is a Class II felony. The sentencing judge shall consider whether the actor caused serious personal injury to the victim in reaching a decision on the sentence. (3) Any person who is found guilty of sexual assault in the first degree for a second time when the first conviction was pursuant to this section or any other state or federal law with essentially the same elements as this section shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of twenty-five years in prison.

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(1) A person commits sexual assault of a child in the first degree: (a) When he or she subjects another person under twelve years of age to sexual penetration and the actor is at least nineteen years of age or older; or (b) When he or she subjects another person who is at least twelve years of age but less than sixteen years of age to sexual penetration and the actor is twenty-five years of age or older. (2) Sexual assault of a child in the first degree is a Class IB felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen years in prison for the first offense.

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(1) A person commits sexual assault of a child in the second or third degree if he or she subjects another person fourteen years of age or younger to sexual contact and the actor is at least nineteen years of age or older. (2) Sexual assault of a child is in the second degree if the actor causes serious personal injury to the victim. Sexual assault of a child in the second degree is a Class II felony for the first offense. (3) Sexual assault of a child is in the third degree if the actor does not cause serious personal injury to the victim. Sexual assault of a child in the third degree is a Class IIIA felony for the first offense.

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I. A person is guilty of the felony of aggravated felonious sexual assault if such person engages in sexual penetration with another person under any of the following circumstances: (a) When the actor overcomes the victim through the actual application of physical force, physical violence or superior physical strength. (b) When the victim is physically helpless to resist. (c) When the actor coerces the victim to submit by threatening to use physical violence or superior physical strength on the victim, and the victim believes that the actor has the present ability to execute these threats. (d) When the actor coerces the victim to submit by threatening to retaliate against the victim, or any other person, and the victim believes that the actor has the ability to execute these threats in the future. (e) When the victim submits under circumstances involving false imprisonment, kidnapping or extortion. (f) When the actor, without the prior knowledge or consent of the victim, administers or has knowledge of another person administering to the victim any intoxicating substance which mentally incapacitates the victim.

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A person is guilty of a class B felony if such person: I. Subjects a person to sexual contact and causes serious personal injury to the victim under any of the circumstances named in RSA 632-A:2; or II. Engages in sexual penetration with a person who is 13 years of age or older and under 16 years of age where the age difference between the actor and the other person is 4 years or more; or III. (a) Engages in sexual contact with a person: (1) Who is under 13 years of age. (2) Thirteen years of age or older and under 18 years of age when the actor is in a position of authority over the victim and is more than 4 years older than the victim. (3) When the actor is an employee, contractor, or volunteer at a primary or secondary educational institution and the victim is a student and up to 10 months after the student's graduation or departure. (b) Consent of the victim under any of the circumstances set forth in subparagraph (a) shall not be considered a defense. IV.

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I. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor under any of the following circumstances: (a) When the actor subjects another person who is 13 years of age or older to sexual contact under any of the circumstances named in RSA 632-A:2. (b) When the actor subjects another person who is 13 years of age or older and under 16 years of age to sexual contact where the age difference between the actor and the other person is 5 years or more. (c) In the absence of any of the circumstances set forth in RSA 632-A:2, when the actor engages in sexual penetration with a person who is 13 years of age or older and under 16 years of age where the age difference between the actor and the other person is 4 years or less. II. A person found guilty under subparagraph I(c) of this section shall not be required to register as a sexual offender under RSA 651-B. III.

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Sex offenses; lack of consent. 1. Whether or not specifically stated, it is an element of every offense defined in this article that the sexual act was committed without consent of the victim. 2. Lack of consent results from: (a) Forcible compulsion; or (b) Incapacity to consent; or (c) Where the offense charged is sexual abuse or forcible touching, any circumstances, in addition to forcible compulsion or incapacity to consent, in which the victim does not expressly or impliedly acquiesce in the actor's conduct; or (d) Where the offense charged is rape in the third degree as defined in subdivision seven, eight or nine of section 130.25, or a crime formerly defined in subdivision three of section 130.40, in addition to forcible compulsion, circumstances under which, at the time of the act of vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual contact or anal sexual contact, the victim clearly expressed that he or she did not consent to engage in such act, and a reasonable person in the actor's situation would have understood such person's words and acts as an expression of lack of consent to such act under all the circumstances. 3.

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Sexual misconduct. A person is guilty of sexual misconduct when: 1. He or she engages in vaginal sexual contact with another person without such person's consent; or 2. He or she engages in oral sexual contact with another person without such person's consent; or 3. He or she engages in anal sexual contact with another person without such person's consent; or 4. He or she engages in sexual conduct with an animal or a dead human body. Sexual misconduct is a class A misdemeanor.

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Rape in the third degree. A person is guilty of rape in the third degree when: 1. He or she engages in vaginal sexual contact with another person who is incapable of consent by reason of some factor other than being less than seventeen years old; 2. He or she engages in oral sexual contact with another person who is incapable of consent by reason of some factor other than being less than seventeen years old; 3. He or she engages in anal sexual contact with another person who is incapable of consent by reason of some other factor other than being less than seventeen years old; 4. Being twenty-one years old or more, he or she engages in vaginal sexual contact with another person less than seventeen years old; 5. Being twenty-one years old or more, he or she engages in oral sexual contact with another person less than seventeen years old; 6. Being twenty-one years old or more, he or she engages in anal sexual contact with another person less than seventeen years old; 7. He or she engages in vaginal sexual contact with another person without such person's consent where such lack of consent is by reason of some factor other than incapacity to consent; 8.

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Rape in the second degree. A person is guilty of rape in the second degree when: 1. being eighteen years old or more, he or she engages in vaginal sexual contact with another person less than fifteen years old; 2. being eighteen years old or more, he or she engages in oral sexual contact with another person less than fifteen years old; 3. being eighteen years old or more, he or she engages in anal sexual contact with another person less than fifteen years old; 4. he or she engages in vaginal sexual contact with another person who is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally disabled or mentally incapacitated; 5. he or she engages in oral sexual contact with another person who is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally disabled or mentally incapacitated; or 6. he or she engages in anal sexual contact with another person who is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally disabled or mentally incapacitated. It shall be an affirmative defense to the crime of rape in the second degree as defined in subdivisions one, two and three of this section that the defendant was less than four years older than the victim at the time of the act.

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Rape in the first degree. A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when: 1. he or she engages in vaginal sexual contact with another person: (a) By forcible compulsion; or (b) Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless; or (c) Who is less than eleven years old; or (d) Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen years old or more; 2. he or she engages in oral sexual contact with another person: (a) By forcible compulsion; or (b) Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless; or (c) Who is less than eleven years old; or (d) Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen years old or more; or 3. he or she engages in anal sexual contact with another person: (a) By forcible compulsion; or (b) Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless; or (c) Who is less than eleven years old; or (d) Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen years old or more. Rape in the first degree is a class B felony.

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Sexual abuse in the third degree. A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the third degree when he or she subjects another person to sexual contact without the latter's consent; except that in any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense that (a) such other person's lack of consent was due solely to incapacity to consent by reason of being less than seventeen years old, and (b) such other person was more than fourteen years old, and (c) the defendant was less than five years older than such other person. Sexual abuse in the third degree is a class B misdemeanor.

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Sexual abuse in the second degree. A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the second degree when he or she subjects another person to sexual contact and when such other person is: 1. Incapable of consent by reason of some factor other than being less than seventeen years old; or 2. Less than fourteen years old. Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.

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Sexual abuse in the first degree. A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the first degree when he or she subjects another person to sexual contact: 1. By forcible compulsion; or 2. When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless; or 3. When the other person is less than eleven years old; or 4. When the other person is less than thirteen years old and the actor is twenty-one years old or older. Sexual abuse in the first degree is a class D felony.

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(A)(1) No person shall engage in sexual conduct with another when any of the following applies: (a) For the purpose of preventing resistance, the offender substantially impairs the other person's judgment or control by administering any drug, intoxicant, or controlled substance to the other person…

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(A) No person shall engage in sexual activity with another; cause another to engage in sexual activity with the offender; or cause two or more other persons to engage in sexual activity when any of the following apply: (1) The offender knowingly coerces the other person, or one of the other…

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(A) No person who is eighteen years of age or older shall engage in sexual conduct with another when the offender knows the other person is thirteen years of age or older but less than sixteen years of age, or the offender is reckless in that regard.

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Rape is an act of sexual penetration accomplished with any person under any of the following circumstances: (1) If the victim is less than thirteen years of age; (2) Through the use of force, coercion, or threats of immediate and great bodily harm against the victim or other persons within the victim's presence, accompanied by apparent power of execution; (3) If the victim is incapable, because of physical or mental incapacity, of giving consent to such act and the perpetrator knows or reasonably should know of the victim's incapacity; (4) If the victim is incapable of giving consent because of any intoxicating, narcotic, or anesthetic agent or hypnosis and the perpetrator knows or reasonably should know the victim is incapable of giving consent; (5) If the victim is thirteen years of age, but less than sixteen years of age, and the perpetrator is at least three years older than the victim; or (6) Without the victim's consent and the perpetrator knows or reasonably should know the victim is not consenting. A violation of subdivision (1) is rape in the first degree, which is a Class C felony.

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Also relied on in: South Dakota Age of Consent Laws: Statutes, Penalties and Reporting, South Dakota Expungement Laws: Arrest Records, Suspended Imposition, and What You Can Clear

Any person, sixteen years of age or older, who knowingly engages in sexual contact with another person, other than that person's spouse if the other person is under the age of sixteen years is guilty of a Class 3 felony. If the victim is at least thirteen years of age and the actor is less than five years older than the victim, the actor is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Notwithstanding § 23A-42-2, a charge brought pursuant to this section may be commenced at any time before the victim becomes age twenty-five or within seven years of the commission of the crime, whichever is longer.

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Any person, younger than sixteen years of age, who knowingly engages in sexual contact with another person, other than his or her spouse, if such other person is younger than sixteen years of age, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

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A person is guilty of a Class 6 felony if the person: (1) Is at least eighteen years of age; (2) Is at least five years older than the victim; (3) Is in a position of authority, as defined in this section, or is a family member related by consanguinity or affinity within the fifth degree, as defined by § 23A-20-30, to the victim; and (4) Knowingly engages in sexual contact, or touches the buttocks or upper inner thighs of the victim with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of the person or the victim, with a victim who is: (a) Less than eighteen years of age; and (b) Not the person's spouse. For purposes of this section, a person is in a position of authority if the person, at the time of the sexual contact, or within the one-hundred-twenty-day period immediately preceding the sexual contact, interacts, no matter how briefly, with the victim as a coach, child care provider, disability services provider, guardian ad litem, health care provider, law enforcement officer, mental health counselor, probation officer, religious leader, school administrator, social worker, teacher, therapist, or youth leader.

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(1) (a) As used in this section, "minor" means an individual who is 14 years old or older, but younger than 16 years old, at the time the sexual activity described in Subsection (2) occurred. (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. (2) (a) Under circumstances not amounting to an offense listed in Subsection (4), an actor 18 years old or older commits unlawful sexual activity with a minor if the actor: (i) has sexual intercourse with the minor; (ii) engages in any sexual act with the minor involving the genitals of an individual and the mouth or anus of another individual; or (iii) causes the penetration, however slight, of the genital or anal opening of the minor by a foreign object, substance, instrument, or device, including a part of the human body, with the intent to cause substantial emotional or bodily pain to any individual or with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any individual. (b) Any touching, however slight, is sufficient to constitute the relevant element of a violation of Subsection (2)(a)(ii). (3) (a) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.

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Also relied on in: Utah Statute of Limitations: Filing Deadlines by Case Type, Utah Age of Consent Laws: Statutes, Penalties and Reporting

(1) (a) As used in this section: (i) "Female breast" means the undeveloped, partially developed, or developed breast of a female individual. (ii) "Indecent liberties" means: (A) the actor touching another individual's genitals, anus, buttocks, pubic area, or female breast; (B) causing any part of an individual's body to touch the actor's or another's genitals, pubic area, anus, buttocks, or female breast; (C) simulating or pretending to engage in sexual intercourse with another individual, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal intercourse; or (D) causing an individual to simulate or pretend to engage in sexual intercourse with the actor or another, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal intercourse. (iii) "Minor" means an individual who is 14 years old or older, but younger than 16 years old, at the time the sexual activity described in Subsection (2) occurred. (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.

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(1) (a) As used in this section: (i) "Female breast" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5-401.1. (ii) "Indecent liberties" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5-401.1. (iii) "Minor" means an individual who is 16 years old or older, but younger than 18 years old, at the time the sexual conduct described in Subsection (2) occurred. (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. (2) (a) Under circumstances not amounting to an offense listed in Subsection (4), an actor commits unlawful sexual conduct with a minor if the actor: (i) (A) is seven or more years older but less than 10 years older than the minor at the time of the sexual conduct; (B) engages in any conduct listed in Subsection (2)(b); and (C) knew or reasonably should have known the age of the minor; or (ii) (A) is 10 or more years older than the minor at the time of the sexual conduct; and (B) engages in any conduct listed in Subsection (2)(b).

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(1) (a) As used in this section, "adolescent" means an individual who is 12 years old or older but younger than 18 years old. (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. (2) Under circumstances not amounting to an offense listed in Subsection (5), an actor commits unlawful sexual activity if: (a) (i) the actor is 12 years old or older but younger than 18 years old; (ii) the actor engages in sexual activity with an adolescent; (iii) the actor is not the biological sibling of the adolescent; and (iv) both the actor and the adolescent mutually agree to the sexual activity; or (b) (i) the actor engages in sexual activity with an adolescent who is 13 years old; (ii) the actor is 18 years old and enrolled in high school at the time that the sexual activity occurred; (iii) the actor is not the biological sibling of the adolescent; and (iv) both the actor and the adolescent mutually agree to the sexual activity.

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(1) (a) As used in this section: (i) "Child" means an individual who is younger than 14 years old. (ii) "Sexual intercourse" means: (A) any touching skin-to-skin, however slight, of an individual's genitals to another individual's genitals; or (B) any penetration, however slight, of an individual's genitals by another individual's genitals, whether over or under the clothing. (iii) "Simulated intercourse" means rubbing or otherwise stimulating or attempting to stimulate an individual's genitals or pubic area by another individual's genitals or pubic area whether over or under the clothing. (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. (2) An actor commits rape of a child if the actor: (a) has sexual intercourse with a child; or (b) intentionally engages in simulated intercourse with a child.

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(1) (a) As used in this section: (i) "Child" means an individual who is younger than 14 years old. (ii) "Masturbatory contact" means the stimulation or attempted stimulation of an individual's genitals or pubic area by another individual. (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. (2) An actor commits object rape of a child if: (a) (i) the actor causes the penetration , however slight, whether over or under the clothing, of the genitals or anus of a child by: (A) a foreign object; (B) a substance; (C) an instrument; (D) a device; or (E) a part of the human body other than the mouth or genitals; (ii) the actor causes the touching, however slight, of the skin of the genitals or anus of a child by: (A) a foreign object; (B) a substance; (C) an instrument; (D) a device; or (E) a part of the human body other than the mouth or genitals; or (iii) the actor causes the masturbatory contact over or under the clothing of the genitals or anus of a child by: (A) a foreign object; (B) a substance; (C) an instrument; (D) a device; or (E) a part of the human body other than the mouth or genitals; and (b) the actor: (i) intends to cause substantial…

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(1) (a) As used in this section: (i) "Adult" means an individual 18 years old or older. (ii) "Child" means an individual younger than 14 years old. (iii) "Female breast" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5-401.1. (iv) "Indecent liberties" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5-401.1. (v) "Position of special trust" means: (A) an adoptive parent; (B) an athletic manager who is an adult; (C) an aunt; (D) a babysitter; (E) a coach; (F) a cohabitant of a parent if the cohabitant is an adult; (G) a counselor; (H) a doctor or physician; (I) an employer; (J) a foster parent; (K) a grandparent; (L) a legal guardian; (M) a parent; (N) a recreational leader who is an adult; (O) a religious leader; (P) a sibling or a stepsibling who is an adult; (Q) a scout leader who is an adult; (R) a stepparent; (S) a teacher or any other individual employed by or volunteering at a public or private elementary school or secondary school, and who is 18 years old or older; (T) an instructor, professor, or teaching assistant at a public or private institution of higher education; (U) an uncle; (V) a youth leader who is an adult; or (W) any…

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(1) As used in this section: (a) "Health professional" means an individual who is licensed or who holds the individual out to be licensed, or who otherwise provides professional physical or mental health services, diagnosis, treatment, or counseling, including an athletic trainer, physician, osteopathic physician, physician assistant, nurse, dentist, physical therapist, chiropractor, mental health therapist, social service worker, clinical social worker, certified social worker, marriage and family therapist, professional counselor, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric mental health nurse specialist, or substance abuse counselor. (b) "Religious counselor" means a minister, priest, rabbi, bishop, or other recognized member of the clergy. (c) "To retaliate" includes threats of physical force, kidnapping, or extortion.

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A. Any person 18 years of age or over, who, with lascivious intent, knowingly and intentionally commits any of the following acts with any child under the age of 15 years is guilty of a Class 5 felony: (1) Expose his or her sexual or genital parts to any child to whom such person is not legally married or propose that any such child expose his or her sexual or genital parts to such person; or (2) [Repealed.] (3) Propose that any such child feel or fondle his own sexual or genital parts or the sexual or genital parts of such person or propose that such person feel or fondle the sexual or genital parts of any such child; or (4) Propose to such child the performance of an act of sexual intercourse, anal intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, or anilingus or any act constituting an offense under § 18.2-361; or (5) Entice, allure, persuade, or invite any such child to enter any vehicle, room, house, or other place, for any of the purposes set forth in the preceding subdivisions of this subsection. B.

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Also relied on in: Virginia Sexting Laws: Legal Consequences and Penalties, Virginia Age of Consent Laws: Statutes, Penalties and Reporting

Any person 18 years of age or older, including the parent of any child, who (i) willfully contributes to, encourages, or causes any act, omission, or condition that (a) causes a child younger than 11 years of age to commit an act that would be delinquent if committed by a child 11 years of age or older; (b) renders a child delinquent, in need of services, in need of supervision, or abused or neglected as defined in § 16.1-228; or (c) causes any child to participate in or become a member of a criminal street gang in violation of Article 2.1 (§ 18.2-46.1 et seq.) of Chapter 4 or (ii) engages in consensual sexual intercourse or anal intercourse with or performs cunnilingus, fellatio, or anilingus upon or by a child 15 or older not his spouse, child, or grandchild is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This section shall not be construed as repealing, modifying, or in any way affecting §§ 18.2-18 and 18.2-19, Article 2.1 (§ 18.2-46.1 et seq.) of Chapter 4, and §§ 18.2-61, 18.2-63, and 18.2-347.

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A. If any person has sexual intercourse with a complaining witness, whether or not his or her spouse, or causes a complaining witness, whether or not his or her spouse, to engage in sexual intercourse with any other person and such act is accomplished (i) against the complaining witness's will, by force, threat or intimidation of or against the complaining witness or another person; or (ii) through the use of the complaining witness's mental incapacity or physical helplessness; or (iii) with a child under age 13 as the victim, he or she shall be guilty of rape. B. A violation of this section shall be punishable, in the discretion of the court or jury, by confinement in a state correctional facility for life or for any term not less than five years; and in addition: 1.

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A. If any person carnally knows, without the use of force, a child thirteen years of age or older but under fifteen years of age, such person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. B. If any person carnally knows, without the use of force, a child thirteen years of age or older but under fifteen years of age who consents to sexual intercourse and the accused is a minor and such consenting child is three years or more the accused's junior, the accused shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. If such consenting child is less than three years the accused's junior, the accused shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. In calculating whether such child is three years or more a junior of the accused minor, the actual dates of birth of the child and the accused, respectively, shall be used. C. For the purposes of this section, (i) a child under the age of thirteen years shall not be considered a consenting child and (ii) "carnal knowledge" includes the acts of sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, and animate and inanimate object sexual penetration.

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A. An accused is guilty of aggravated sexual battery if he or she sexually abuses the complaining witness, and 1. The complaining witness is less than 13 years of age; or 2. The act is accomplished through the use of the complaining witness's mental incapacity or physical helplessness; or 3. The offense is committed by a parent, step-parent, grandparent, or step-grandparent and the complaining witness is at least 13 but less than 18 years of age; or 4. The act is accomplished against the will of the complaining witness by force, threat or intimidation, and a. The complaining witness is at least 13 but less than 15 years of age; or b. The accused causes serious bodily or mental injury to the complaining witness; or c. The accused uses or threatens to use a dangerous weapon; or 5.

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(a)(1) No person shall willfully and lewdly commit any lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child under the age of 16 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of such person or of such child. (2) This section shall not apply if the person is less than 19 years old, the child is at least 15 years old, and the conduct is consensual. (b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be: (1) For a first offense, imprisoned not less than two years and not more than 15 years, and, in addition, may be fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (2) For a second offense, imprisoned not less than five years and a maximum term of life, and, in addition, may be fined not more than $25,000.00, or both. (3) For a third or subsequent offense, imprisoned not less than 10 years and a maximum term of life, and, in addition, may be fined not more than $25,000.00, or both.

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(a) No person shall engage in a sexual act with another person: (1) without the consent of the other person; (2) by threatening or coercing the other person; (3) by placing the other person in fear that any person will suffer imminent bodily injury; or (4) when the person knows or reasonably should know that the other person is asleep, unconscious, or otherwise unaware that the sexual act is occurring. (b)(1) No person shall administer any alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicants to another person without the person’s knowledge or against the person’s will and, while the person is impaired by the alcohol, drugs, or intoxicants, engage in a sexual act with that person. (2) No person shall engage in a sexual act with another person when the other person is incapable of consenting to the sexual act due to substantial impairment by alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicants and that condition is known or reasonably should be known by the person.

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(a) A person commits the crime of aggravated sexual assault of a child if the actor is at least 18 years of age and commits sexual assault against a child under the age of 16 in violation of section 3252 of this title and at least one of the following circumstances exists: (1) At the time of the sexual assault, the actor causes serious bodily injury to the victim or to another. (2) The actor is joined or assisted by one or more persons in physically restraining, assaulting, or sexually assaulting the victim. (3) The actor commits the sexual act under circumstances which constitute the crime of kidnapping. (4) The actor has previously been convicted in this State of sexual assault under subsection 3252(a) or (b) of this title, aggravated sexual assault under section 3253 of this title, or aggravated sexual assault of a child under this section, or has been convicted in any jurisdiction in the United States or territories of an offense which would constitute sexual assault under subsection 3252(a) or (b) of this title, aggravated sexual assault under section 3253 of this title, or aggravated sexual assault of a child under this section if committed in this State.

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(a) No person shall engage in a sexual act as defined in section 3251 of this title or sexual conduct as defined in section 2821 of this title with a minor if: (1) the actor is at least 48 months older than the minor; and (2) the actor is in a position of power, authority, or supervision over the minor by virtue of the actor’s undertaking the responsibility, professionally or voluntarily, to provide for the health or welfare of minors, or guidance, leadership, instruction, or organized recreational activities for minors. (b) No person who is prohibited from engaging in a sexual act as defined in section 3251 of this title or sexual conduct as defined in section 2821 of this title with a minor pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall knowingly solicit, lure, manipulate, or entice, or to attempt to solicit, lure, manipulate, or entice, such minor or another person believed by the person to be such a minor to engage in sexual conduct. (c)(1) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $2,000.00, or both.

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Whoever has sexual intercourse with a child who is not the defendant’s spouse and who has attained the age of 16 years is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the defendant has attained the age of 19 years when the violation occurs.

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(a) A person is guilty of sexual assault in the third degree when: (1) The person engages in sexual intercourse or sexual intrusion with another person who is mentally defective or mentally incapacitated; or (2) The person is 16 years old or more and engages in sexual intercourse or sexual intrusion with another person who is less than 16 years old and who is at least four years younger than the defendant. (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility not less than two years nor more than 10 years, or fined not more than $20,000 and imprisoned in a state correctional facility not less than two years nor more than 10 years.

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