👑 Age of Majority (AOM) Table (52 Jurisdictions)

(a) Any person in this state for all legal purposes and for all purposes regarding legal capacity shall be relieved of the disabilities of minority at 19 years of age, except as otherwise provided by law; provided, that for contracts and federal rights, age 18 establishes majority capacity.

A person is considered to have arrived at majority at the age of 18, and thereafter has control of the person's own actions and business and has all the rights and is subject to all the liabilities of citizens of full age.

"Adult" or "person of majority" means a person who has attained the age of eighteen years.

All persons of the age of eighteen (18) years shall be considered to have reached the age of majority and may act in all matters without the necessity of a guardian.

A minor is an individual who is under 18 years of age. An adult is an individual who is 18 years of age or older.

Every person eighteen years of age or older shall be deemed to be of full age for all purposes, including the right to enter into binding contracts, sue and be sued, and manage estate property.

The terms "minor", "infant" and "infancy" shall refer to a person under the age of eighteen years and the terms "adult", "of full age" and "majority" shall refer to a person who has attained the age of eighteen years.

A person of the age of 18 years or older on that date shall be deemed to be of full legal age for all purposes towards that person's rights, actions and property.

Notwithstanding any rule of common or other law to the contrary in effect on July 22, 1976, the age of majority in the District of Columbia is 18 years.

The disability of nonage is hereby removed for all persons in this state who are 18 years of age or older, and they shall enjoy and suffer the same rights, privileges, and responsibilities as persons 21 years of age or older.

The age of legal majority in this state is 18 years; until that age all persons are minors.

All persons residing in the State, who have attained the age of eighteen years, shall be regarded as of legal age and of the age of majority.

Minors are: 1. Males under eighteen (18) years of age. 2. Females under eighteen (18) years of age. All other persons are adults.

A minor is a person who has not attained the age of 18 years.

"Adult" means a person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.

The period of minority extends to the age of eighteen years, but all minors attain their majority by marriage.

The period of minority extends in all persons to the age of eighteen (18) years.

Persons of the age of eighteen (18) years are of the age of majority for all purposes in this Commonwealth and in the law.

Majority is attained upon reaching the age of eighteen years.

The words "minor" or "minor child" mean a person who has not attained the age of 18 years.

(a) An individual who is at least 18 years old is an adult for all purposes and has the same legal capacity, rights, powers, privileges, duties, liabilities, and responsibilities as an individual who was an adult before July 1, 1973.

"Minor", any person under eighteen years of age; "Adult", any person who has attained the age of eighteen.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a person who is 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age on the effective date of this act, or a person who attains 18 years of age thereafter, is deemed to be an adult of legal age for all purposes.

"Adult" means an individual 18 years of age or older. "Minor" means an individual under the age of 18 years.

The term "minor", when used in any statute, shall include any person, male or female, under eighteen (18) years of age for general capacity and civil matters (with 21 retained for select statutory purposes).

The age of majority in this state is eighteen years and all persons having attained that age are entitled to all the privileges and rights of adults.

Minors are: (1) males under 18 years of age; (2) females under 18 years of age. All other persons are adults.

All persons under nineteen years of age are declared to be minors, but in case any person marries under the age of nineteen years, his or her minority ends; provided, for general civil transactions and contracts, age 18 establishes contractual capacity.

All persons of the age of 18 years who are under no legal disability, and all persons who have been declared emancipated pursuant to NRS 129.080 to 129.140, inclusive, are capable of entering into any contract, and are to that extent deemed adults.

The common law rule that a person is a minor to the age of twenty-one is hereby abrogated. A person who has reached the age of eighteen shall be deemed to be of full legal age for all purposes.

The Legislature finds and declares and by this act intends, to extend to persons 18 years of age and older the basic civil and contractual rights and obligations heretofore applicable only to persons 21 years of age or older.

Any person who has reached his eighteenth birthday shall be considered to have reached his majority and is an adult for all legal purposes.

A minor or infant is a person under the age of eighteen years. An adult is a person who has attained the age of eighteen years.

A minor is any person who has not reached the age of 18 years. An adult is any person who has reached the age of 18 years.

Minors are: 1. Males under eighteen years of age. 2. Females under eighteen years of age. All other persons are adults.

All persons of the age of eighteen years or more, who are under no legal disability, are capable of contracting and are of full age for all purposes.

Minors are persons under eighteen (18) years of age. All other persons are adults.

Except as provided in ORS 109.520, in this state any person shall be deemed to have arrived at majority at the age of 18 years, and thereafter shall have control of their own actions and business.

(a) General rule. — Any person 18 years of age and older shall be deemed to be of full age for all purposes, including entering into binding contracts and managing affairs.

Notwithstanding any general or public law to the contrary, all persons who have attained the age of eighteen (18) years shall be deemed to be of full legal age and of the age of majority for all purposes.

All persons shall be deemed of full age and of the age of majority upon reaching the age of eighteen years.

Minors are natural persons under eighteen years of age. The period of minority is calculated from the first minute of the day on which a person is born to the same minute of the corresponding day completing the period of minority.

Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, any person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older shall have the same rights, duties, and responsibilities as a person who has reached the age of majority.

The age of majority in this state is 18 years. A person who is at least 18 years of age has the rights and responsibilities of an adult.

The period of minority extends in males and females to the age of 18 years; but all minors obtain their majority by marriage.

Persons of the age of 18 years shall be considered of full age and until they reach that age, they shall be considered minors.

For the purposes of all laws of the Commonwealth, a person arrives at the age of majority on his eighteenth birthday.

Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all persons shall be deemed and taken to be of full age for all purposes at the age of eighteen years.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this code, on and after the effective date of this section, a person who is eighteen years of age or older shall be deemed of full legal age for all purposes.

"Minor" means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years, except that for purposes of certain alcohol regulations, adult is 21. For civil capacity and contract rights, majority is 18.

(a) Upon becoming eighteen (18) years of age, an individual reaches the age of majority and as an adult has the capacity and right to enter into binding contracts, sue and be sued, and exercise full civil rights.

Majority begins at the age of eighteen (18) years under the 2020 Civil Code (formerly 21 under the 1930 code). A person of full age is qualified for all acts of civil life.