North Carolina Child Passenger Safety Seat Law
- All children in all seats must be buckled at all times.
- A properly used child restraint device is required
if the child is less than 8 years old AND weighs less
than 80 pounds. Most parents and caregivers will be able
to comply by using belt-positioning booster seats for
children between 40 and 80 pounds. The child must be
within the weight range for the child restraint or booster
seat and it must meet Federal safety standards in effect
at the time of manufacture.
- Children may be secured in a properly fitted seat
belt at age 8 (regardless of weight) or at 80 pounds
(regardless of age) – which ever comes first.
- Placing a shoulder belt under a child’s or adult’s
arm or behind the back is both dangerous and illegal.
- If the vehicle is equipped with an active front passenger-side
airbag, children must be secured in the back seat.
- Children under age 16 must ride in an age-appropriate
restrain system no matter where they sit. The law applies
to all passenger vehicles with both in-state and out-of-state
registration.
- The driver is held responsible for proper restraint
of children.
- The fine for violating the law is $25, plus court
costs, and two driver license points.
The new N.C. Child Passenger Safety Law
went into effect January 1, 2005.
Visit www.buckleupnc.org for
more information.
For more information please contact
Michelle Hearon
Family Support Military Coodinator
860-2277
mhearon@ccpfc.org
