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What is the Age of Consent for Sex in Michigan?

The age of consent for sexual relations in Michigan is 16 years old. Michigan is in the minority of states that do not consider relative age. In most states, if two people below the age of consent have sex, it is legal (or a less severe crime), as long as they are close to the same age.

The Michigan age of consent law is absolute - it is illegal to have sex with somebody below the age of consent, no matter their relative age. If people have sex, and both of them are 15, both are committing a crime.

Michigan currently has no valid law age of consent for homosexual conduct, so it currently only applies to heterosexual conduct. For homosexual conduct, one should probably assume that the age of consent is 18, or even 21, to be on the safe side.

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Last Modified: 06-18-2010 02:24 PM PDT

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