Car Seat Laws for Region 7

Car Seat Regulations for Zone 7

We have been unable to access the text of the Iowa regulations since 2003.
I321.446 Child restraint devices.
1. A child under three years of age who is being transported in a motor vehicle subject to registration, except a school bus or motorcycle, shall be secured during transit by a child restraint system which meets federal motor vehicle safety standards, and the system shall be used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

2. A child at least three years of age but under six years of age who is being transported in a motor vehicle subject to registration, except a school bus or motorcycle, shall be secured during transit by either a child restraint system that meets federal motor vehicle safety standards and is used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, or by a safety belt or safety harness of a type approved under section 321.445.

3. This section does not apply to peace officers acting on official duty. This section also does not apply to the transportation of children in 1965 model year or older vehicles, authorized emergency vehicles, buses, or motor homes, except when a child is transported in a motor home's passenger seat situated directly to the driver's right. This section does not apply to the transportation of a child who has been certified by a physician licensed under chapter 148, 150, or 150A as having a medical, physical, or mental condition that prevents or makes inadvisable securing the child in a child restraint system, safety belt, or safety harness.

4. The operator who violates subsection 1 or 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject only to the penalty provisions of section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph "c".

5. A person who is first charged for a violation of subsection 1 and who has not purchased or otherwise acquired a child restraint system shall not be convicted if the person produces in court, within a reasonable time, proof that the person has purchased or otherwise acquired a child restraint system which meets federal motor vehicle safety standards.

6. Failure to use a child restraint system, safety belts, or safety harnesses as required by this section does not constitute negligence nor is the failure admissible as evidence in a civil action.

Section History: Recent form
84 Acts, ch 1016, ş 1; 86 Acts, ch 1069, ş 1; 2000 Acts, ch 1133, ş11; 2001 Acts, ch 132, ş11; 2001 Acts, ch 137, ş5

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Kansas

http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-statutes/getStatute.do?number=1826

8-1344
Chapter 8.--AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES
Article 13.--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
8-1344. Child passenger safety; restraining systems for children under the age of four; use of seat belts by children between the ages of five and fourteen. Every driver as defined in K.S.A. 8-1416, and amendments thereto, who transports a child under the age of 14 years in a passenger car as defined in K.S.A. 8-1343a, and amendments thereto, on a highway as defined in K.S.A. 8-1424, and amendments thereto, shall provide for the protection of such child by properly using:
(a) For a child under the age of four years a child passenger safety restraining system that meets or exceeds the standards and specifications contained in federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 213 in effect on July 1, 1997; or
(b) for a child four years of age but under the age of 14, a safety belt manufactured in compliance with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, except that if the number of children subject to this requirement exceeds the number of passenger securing locations available for use by children affected by this requirement, and all of those securing locations are in use by children, then there is not a violation of this section.
History: L. 1981, ch. 33, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 38, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 317, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 80, § 1; July 1.

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Missouri

http://www.mstc.state.ms.us/mvl/Laws/HTML%20Files/63-7-301.htm

§ 63-7-301. Requirement of device; failure to provide and use device not deemed negligence.

(1) Every person transporting a child under the age of four (4) years in a passenger motor vehicle, and operated on a public roadway, street or highway within this state, shall provide for the protection of the child by properly using a child passenger restraint device or system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards.

(2) The term "passenger motor vehicle" as used in Sections 63-7-301 through 63-7-311 has the same meaning as defined in Section 63-2-1(2). Sections 63-7-301 through 63-7-311 do not apply to the vehicles described in Section 63-2-1(3).

(3) Failure to provide and use a child passenger restraint device or system shall not be considered contributory or comparative negligence.

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Nebraska

http://srvwww.unicam.state.ne.us/legislature/legaldocs/Statutes/CHAP60/s6006267000.xml

Section 60-6,267
Use of restraint system or occupant protection system; when; information and education program.

    (1) Any person in Nebraska who drives any motor vehicle which has or is required to have an occupant protection system shall ensure that:

    (a) All children up to six years of age being transported by such vehicle use a child passenger restraint system of a type which meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213 as developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as such standard existed on January 1, 2004, and which is correctly installed in such vehicle; and

    (b) All children six years of age and less than eighteen years of age being transported by such vehicle use an occupant protection system.

    This subsection shall apply to every motor vehicle which is equipped with an occupant protection system or is required to be equipped with restraint systems pursuant to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208, as such standard existed on January 1, 2004, except taxicabs, mopeds, motorcycles, and any motor vehicle designated by the manufacturer as a 1963 year model or earlier which is not equipped with an occupant protection system.

    (2) Whenever any licensed physician determines, through accepted medical procedures, that use of a child passenger restraint system by a particular child would be harmful by reason of the child's weight, physical condition, or other medical reason, the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be waived. The driver of any vehicle transporting such a child shall carry on his or her person or in the vehicle a signed written statement of the physician identifying the child and stating the grounds for such waiver.

    (3) The drivers of authorized emergency vehicles shall not be subject to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section when operating such authorized emergency vehicles pursuant to their employment.

    (4) A driver of a motor vehicle shall not be subject to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section if the motor vehicle is being operated in a parade or exhibition and the parade or exhibition is being conducted in accordance with applicable state law and local ordinances and resolutions.

    (5) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall develop and implement an ongoing statewide public information and education program regarding the use of child passenger restraint systems and occupant protection systems and the availability of distribution and discount programs for child passenger restraint systems.

    (6) All persons being transported by a motor vehicle operated by a holder of a provisional operator's permit or a school permit shall use such motor vehicle's occupant protection system.

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