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[Harry Potter] What would happen if a muggle developed magical abilities as an adult?
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Most likely either they'd get arrested for either or both of Statute of Secrecy violations or performing magic without a license. Remember, "underage" magic violations, at least in the UK, are not *just* about your actual age - to be allowed to do magic outside of the school setting, you have to be over 17 *and* pass at least one OWL. (That's why Rubeus Hagrid isn't legally allowed to do magic even though he's like sixty.) In principle they could probably get away with it if no one noticed - they wouldn't be Traced or anything - but without any training it would probably be hard to keep secret?