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Feb 12, 2020 · Updated February 12, 2020. Every state—including Washington, DC—has car seat and booster seat laws that establish what kind of child restraint your kids should ride in, depending on their height, weight and age. But the specifics of those laws vary wildly from state to state.
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Alabama Car Seat Law
1. Law: Children through age 6 shall properly use an aftermarket or integrated child passenger restraint system which meets FMVSS 213 and use a size-appropriate restraint system which shall include the following: 1.1. Infant only seats and convertible seats used in the rear-facing position for infants until at least one year of age or 20 pounds 1.2. Convertible seats in the forward position or forward-facing seats until the child is at least five years of age or 40 pounds 1.3. Booster seats u...
Alabama Seat Belt Law
1. Law: All occupants 15 years of age and older are required to wear seat belts. 2. Fine: $25 3. RVs: All occupants are required to wear seat belts; children require child restraints.
Alaska Car Seat Law
1. Law: Children under the age of 16 must be transported as specified: 1.1. Children less than one year old or less than 20 lbs must be properly secured in a federally approved rear-facing car seat. SR4K note:In other words the child must be one year AND 20 lbs to move to the next seat. 1.2. Children more than one year old but less than 5 years old, who weigh 20 lbs or more, the child must be properly secured in a federally approved child restraint device. 1.3. Children who are more than 4 ye...
Alaska Seat Belt Law
1. Law: All occupants are required to wear seat belts. 2. Fine: $15 3. RVs: All occupants are required to wear seat belts; children require child restraints.
Arizona Car Seat Law
1. Law: All children who are under eight years of age and who are not more than four feet nine inches tall are to be restrained in a correctly installedchild restraint system. 2. Location in car: Not specified 3. Taxi: Not exempt 4. RideSafer legal: Yes. The Ride Safer travel vestqualifies. 5. Fines: $50 Arizona car seat law last checked/updated 1/22/2024
Arizona Seat Belt Law
1. Law: Front occupants and all passengers younger than 16 years of age. 2. Fine: $10 3. RVs: RVs are exempt from the car seat law. All front and rear adult passengers require seat belts. Children 5 through 15 require seat belts.
Arkansas Car Seat Law
1. Law: Children under 15 years of age must be properly placed, maintained, and secured in a federally approved child passenger restraint system properly secured to the vehicle. 1.1. Children less than 6 years of age and less than 60 pounds are required to ride in an appropriate child safety restraint. 1.2. Children who are at least 60 pounds and at least 6 years of age (up to 15) can be sufficiently restrained in a vehicle safety belt. 2. Location in car: Not specified 3. Taxi: Exempt 4. Rid...
Arkansas Seat Belt Law
1. Law: Front occupants are required to wear seat belts. 2. Fine: $25 3. RVs: Front occupants are required to wear seat belts; car seat laws apply.
California Car Seat Law
1. Law: Children under the age of 8 must be secured in the back seat of the vehicle in an appropriate child passenger restraint system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards. 1.1. If the child is less than two years of age the child shall be properly restrained in a rear-facing child restraint systemin a rear seat of the vehicle, unless the child is more than 40 pounds or 40 inches. (Effective Jan. 1, 2017) 1.2. Children under the age of 8 who are 4′ 9″ or taller may be sec...
California Seat Belt Law
1. Law: All occupants are required to wear seat belts. 2. Fine: $162 3. RVs: All occupants are required to wear seat belts; children require child restraints.
Colorado Car Seat Law
1. Law: Children up to 15 years old riding in a motor vehicle be properly secured as follows: 1.1. If the child is less than one year of age and weighs less than 20 pounds, the child shall be properly restrained in a rear-facing child restraint systemin a rear seat of the vehicle. 1.2. If the child is one year of age or older, but less than four years of age, and weighs less than forty pounds, but at least twenty pounds, the child shall be properly restrained in a rear-facing or forward-facin...
Colorado Seat Belt Law
1. Law: Front occupants are required to wear seat belts. 2. Fine: $71 3. RVs: Front occupants are required to wear seat belts; children require child restraints.
Connecticut Car Seat Law
1. Law: Children 8 years of age and younger must be restrained as: 1.1. Children must remain in a rear-facing child restraint with a 5-point harness until they are two years or 30 pounds. 1.1.1. A rear facing car seat shall not be used in the front seat of a vehicle. 1.2. Children ages 2 to 5, weighing at least 30 pounds to 40 pounds must use a rear-facing or forward-facing child restraint with a 5-point harness or booster seat pursuant to such regulations. 1.2.1. Children 4 or younger weighi...
Connecticut Seat Belt Law
1. Law: All passengers must use seat belt. (Connecticut seat belt law changed in 2021 to all passengers.) 2. Fine: $75 for passengers younger than 18; $50 for all other occupants 3. RVs: Front occupants between ages of 8 and 16 are required to wear seat belts; children require child restraints.
Delaware Car Seat Law
1. Law: All children must be properly restrained in a federally approved child safety seat appropriate for the child’s age, weight and height up to 8 years of age or 65 lbs. 1.1. Children who are at least 8 years of age or weigh 65 lbs but younger than 16 must be properly restrained in a vehicle’s seat belt. 2. Location in car: Children must be restrained in the rear seat until the child is 65 inches tall or 12 years old. 3. Taxi: Exempt 4. RideSafer legal: Yes. The RideSafer travel vestquali...
Delaware Car Seat Law (Title 21 Section 4803) NEW LAW effective 6/30/2024
1. Law: All children under age 16 must be properly restrained in a federally approved child safety seat appropriate for the child’s age, weight and height according to manufacturer’s instructions or a properly secured seat belt. 1.1. Children under 2 years and under 30 pounds must be seated in a rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness. 1.2. Children under 4 years and under 40 pounds must be seated in either a rear-facing or forward-facing seat with a 5-point harness to the upper weight/height...
Delaware Seat Belt Law
1. Law: Drivers and all occupants over 16 are required to wear seat belts. 2. Fine: $25 3. RVs: All occupants are required to wear seat belts; children require child restraints.
Florida Car Seat Law
1. Law: Children must be properly restrained as such: 1.1. Children 3 and younger must be secured in a crash-tested federally approved child restraint device. 1.2. Children 4 through 5 must be secured by either a crash-tested federally approved child restraint device, integrated child seat or booster seat. 1.3. Children 6 and up must be secured with the vehicle seat belt (Statute 316.614). 2. Location in car: Not specified 3. Taxi: Exempt 4. RideSafer legal: Yes. The Ride Safer travel vestqua...
Florida Seat Belt Law
1. Law: Front occupants are required to wear seat belts. All passengers younger than 18 are required to wear seat belts. 2. Fine: $30 3. RVs: Front occupants and passengers ages 6-17 are required to wear seat belts; children require child restraints.
Georgia Car Seat Law
1. Law: Children under eight years of age in a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck, other than a taxicab or a public transit vehicle shall be properly restrained in a child passenger restraining system appropriate for such child’s height and weight and approved by the United States Department of Transportation under provisions of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213. 1.1. If your child reaches 4’9″ before age 8, he or she can legally ride in an adult seat belt. 1.2. Children who w...
Georgia Seat Belt Law
1. Law: Front occupants and passengers between 8 and 18 are required to wear seat belts. 2. Fine: $15 3. RVs: Front occupants and passengers between 8 and 18 are required to wear seat belts. Children require child restraints.
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CDC developed the Booster Seat Planning Guide to assist States, Tribes, Localities, and Territories (STLTs) with assessing, planning, and implementing improved booster seat laws to reduce crash injuries and deaths among children.
Jan 26, 2024 · Booster Seat Planning Guide – 44 pages. The Booster Seat Planning Guide outlines five steps to assist states, tribes, localities, and territories in developing an action plan to move booster seat safety forward: Learning about booster seat laws in your state or community.
8 – 12 Years. Keep your child in a booster seat until he or she is big enough to fit in a seat belt properly. For a seat belt to fit properly the lap belt must lie snugly across the upper thighs, not the stomach. The shoulder belt should lie snugly across the shoulder and chest and not cross the neck or face.
Oct 11, 2022 · Using a booster seat for your child until a specific age, weight, or height is probably the law in your state. But the requirements vary widely. To learn about car seat laws where you live, visit the Saferide4Kids Opens a new window website.
Sep 10, 2020 · State car seat and booster seat laws are also updated occasionally, so if you haven't looked at the requirements for a few years, they may be entirely different from what you used for an older child. The complete list of state car seat laws is provided below.
