Key Takeaways Arizona sets the age of consent at 18 under A.R.S. § 13-1405. Sexual conduct with a minor occurs when someone engages in sexual contact with a person under 18. Arizona’s Romeo and Juliet law provides a limited close-in-age defense to statutory rape. The…
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