Governing , October , p. Drinking Age Persons under Prior to , the drinking age was the age of legal adulthood age of majority , which was 21 Minnesota Statutes , section In , the age of majority was lowered from 21 to This dropped the drinking age to 18 Laws of Minnesota , chapter , effective June 1, Finally, the crime of fourth degree criminal sexual conduct occurs when the defendant and the victim engage in sexual contact short of penetration and:. In Minnesota, it is also a crime, called child enticement , for a person over the age of 18 to invite or try to persuade a child under the age of 16 to engage in sexual conduct. For example, engaging in explicit sexual talk with a child over the Internet can result in child enticement charges, even if no sexual activity ever occurs. Generally, it is not a defense to a charge of statutory rape that the defendant mistakenly believed the child to be older. It is a defense to a charge of criminal sexual conduct based on consensual sexual activity that the defendant and the child were married and not living apart or separated at the time of the offense. This defense is part of the marital rape exemption. For children between the age 13, 14, or 15, people who are not more than two years older cannot be prosecuted for sexual penetration, and people who are within in four years in age and not in a position of authority cannot be prosecuted for less serious sexual conduct.
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