State Rear Safety Belts Required Child Safety Seat Required May Use Child Safety Seat or Safety Belt Max Fine Points Major Exemptions to Child Passenger Laws Children Allowed in Truck Cargo Beds Alabama Less than 6 years Less than 4 years Ages 4-5 years $10 n/a Trucks or buses weighing 1 ton or more Yes Alaska Less than 16 years Less than 4 years n/a $50 2 None No Arizona Less than 16 years Less than 5 years Ages 5-15 years $10 n/a All vehicles belts in use n/a Arkansas Less than 15 years Age 6 years and greater than 60 lbs. Ages 6 years or greater than 60 lbs. $100 n/a None n/a California Less than 16 years Less than 6 years and less than 60 lbs. n/a $100 1 None n/a Colorado Less than 16 years Less than 4 yrs & less than 40 lbs. and greater 4 years and 6 years and less than 55" tall Ages 6-15 and greater than 40 lbs. and 55" tall $56 n/a Transported in a motor vehicle as a reslut of a medical emergency Yes, if sitting and tailgate is closed Connecticut Less than 16 years Less than 4 years and less than 60 lbs 40 lbs and over $60 2 None No Delaware Less than 16 years Less than 6 years 60 lbs. and over $20 2 No major exemptions No District of Columbia Less than 16 years Less than 8 years Ages 8-16 years $150 3 All vehicle belts in use No Florida Less than 16 years Less than 4 years Age 4-5 years $60 3 None No Georgia Less than 16 years Less than 5 years Not Permissible $50 1 May use belt if over 5 years If on non-interstate roadway Hawaii Less than 18 years Less than 3 years Age 4 years $100 n/a All vehicle belts in use No Idaho Greater than 4 years and less than 18 years Less than 4 years or less than 40 lbs. Greater than 4 years or greater than 40 lbs. $60 n/a All vehicle belts in use Yes Illinois Less than 16 years Less than 8 years Ages 4-15 in all seats and vehicles $50 n/a None Yes Indiana Less than 12 years Less than 4 years Ages 4-16 in all seats and  vehicles $25 4 Vehicle registered out of state Less than 16 years not allowed Iowa Less than 11 years Less than 6 years Ages 6-10 $25 n/a Motorcycles, school buses, emergency vehicles and medical reasons per physician Yes Kansas Less than 14 years Less than 4 years n/a $20 n/a All vehicle belts in use If older than 13 years Kentucky Less than 16 years Less than 4 years n/a $50 n/a None Yes Louisiana Less than 13 years Less than 6 years or 60 lbs. Ages 3-13 $100 n/a Ambulances, school buses, church buses, commercial vehicles If older than 11 years Maine Less than 12 years and less than 100 lbs. Less than 8 years Ages 4-17, less than 12 and 100 lbs. $60 n/a All vehicle belts in use Less than 16 years not allowed Maryland Less than 16 years At or less than 6 years Greater than 40 lbs. $25 n/a All vehicle belts in use; vehicles registered out of state are exempt No Massachusetts Less than 13 years Less than 5 years or less than 60 lbs. Greater than 5 years $25 n/a None If older than 16 years Michigan Less than 16 years Less than 4 years n/a $15 n/a Al vehicle belts in use No Minnesota Less than 11 years Less than 4 years n/a $50 n/a Child being nursed No Mississippi Less than 8 years Less than 4 years n/a $25 n/a If there are more passengers than available safety belts, the driver/passengers are not in violation; public carriers for hire are exempted. Yes Missouri Less than 16 years Less than 4 years Ages 4-15 must use safety belts $25 n/a n/a No Montana Less than 16 years Less than 2 years Ages 2-6 or less than 60 lbs. Up to $100 n/a No more than 3 CSS required in a vehicle; physical or medical reasons per physician No Nebraska Less than 16 years Less than 6 years n/a $25 n/a Medical reasons per physician, emergency vehicles, taxi cabs No Nevada Less than 16 years Less than 6 years, than 80 lbs, and less than 55 inches n/a $500 n/a Public Transportation No New Hampshire Less than 18 years Less than 6 years n/a $25 n/a None No New Jersey Less than 18 years Less than 8 years or 80 lbs. n/a $25 n/a All vehicle belts in use No New Mexico 16 years and less Less than 4 years Ages 5-12 $25 n/a All vehicle belts in use No, if under 18 years New York Less than 16 years Less than 4 years n/a $100 3 None Yes North Carolina Less than 16 years Less than 5 years, less than 40 lbs. Ages 5-15 n/a n/a Child's personal needs are being attended too Yes; if less than 11 years then: must be supervised by an adult or properly restrained North Dakota Less than 18 years Less than 4 years Ages 4-17 n/a 1 All vehicle belts in use by family members or being transported by an emergency vehicle Yes Ohio Less than 4 years or less than 60 lbs. Less than 4 years or less than 60 lbs. n/a $100 n/a Vehicle registered out of state Yes, if travelling less than 25 mph Oklahoma 16 years or less 6 years or less 6 years and older but less than 13 years $25 n/a All vehicle belts in use Yes Oregon Less than 16 years Less than 4 years or less than 40 lbs. Age 6 years and more than 60 lbs. $94 n/a None, unless all vehicle belts in use Yes Pennsylvania Less than 16 years Less than 4 years n/a $25 n/a None Yes Rhode Island Less than 17 years Less than 7 years and 54 inches and 80 lbs. in federally approved Child Restraint System in back seat Ages 7 and older $75 n/a All vehicle belts in use Yes, if older than 16 years South Carolina Less than 17 years Ages 5 and older or 80 lbs. Ages 6 and under $25 n/a All vehicle belts in use Yes South Dakota Less than 18 years Less than 5 years and 40 lbs. Ages 5-17 and more than 40 lbs. $20 n/a All vehicle belts in use Yes Tennessee Less than 18 years Less than  4 years n/a $50 n/a All vehicle belts in use If older than 5 years or moving less than 20 mph Texas 17 years and below Less than 4 years or less than 36 inches Ages 4-16 years $200 n/a All vehicle belts in use Under 17 years not allowed Utah Less than 19 years Less than 5 years Ages 5-18 years $45 n/a All vehicle belts in use, physical or medical reasons per physician No Vermont Less than 16 years Less than 8 years n/a $25 3 All vehicle belts in use Yes Virginia Less than 16 years 5 years and under Ages 6-15 years $50 n/a No major exemptions Yes Wahington Less than 16 years Less than 6 years or less than 60 lbs. Ages 6-16 years $101 n/a No major exemptions Yes West Virginia Less than 16 years Less than 3 years Ages 3-8 years $20 n/a All vehicle belts in use No Wisconsin Less than 8 years Less than 4 years Ages 4-8 years $75 n/a Attending to child's personal needs No Wyoming Less than 12 years Less than 8 years and Less than 80 lbs. properly secured in CRS in back seat Ages 5-11 years $50 n/a Physician provides medical exemption; rendering aid or assistance to child by guardian Yes Puerto Rico All persons of all ages must wear a safety belt, unless in a restraining seat Less than 5 years Less than 12 years must ride in back seat $100 n/a None No