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Virginia's Child Passenger Safety Law
Effective July 1, 2019: Children are to ride in a rear-facing safety seat until
the age of two or the child reaches the minimum weight limit for a forward-
facing safety seat as prescribed by the manufacturer of the safety seat.
Virginia's Child Restraint Device Law
(Major Requirements of Code of Virginia Article 13
- Section 46.2)
• Child restraint devices are required
for children through the age of seven
(until 8th birthday). Safety seats, booster
seats and other types of restraints must
be properly used and approved by the
Department of Transportation's standards.
• Rear-facing safety seats must be placed
in the back seat of a vehicle. If the vehicle
does not have a back seat, the safety seat
may be placed in the front passenger
seat only if the vehicle is either not
equipped with a passenger side air bag
or the passenger side air bag has been
deactivated.
• Children can no longer ride unrestrained
in the rear cargo area of vehicles.
• The law applies to anyone (i.e. parents,
grandparents, babysitters, friends, etc.)
who provides transportation for a child in
any vehicle manufactured after January 1,
1968. Public transportation (taxicabs and
buses), regulation school buses, and farm
vehicles are exempted.
• The child restraint law is primary
enforcement. No other violation need be
committed prior to ticketing for failure to
have a child in an approved seat.
• A $50 civil penalty fine is imposed for
failure to have a child in a child restraint
device. Any person found guilty a second
or subsequent time, on different dates,
will be fined up to $500. A $20 civil
penalty fine is assessed when persons
transporting a child exempted from this
law due to medical reasons and that
do not carry a written statement of the
exemption. All fines collected go into a
special fund to purchase safety seats for
low-income families.
Virginia's Passenger Seat Belt Law
(Refer to Code of Virginia Article 12 - Section 46-2)
• Children age 8 up to 18 must be seat
belted correctly in vehicles manufactured
after January 1, 1968. Exemptions are
taxicabs, school buses, executive sedans
and limousines.
• The child passenger seat belt law is also
primary enforcement. No other violation
need be committed prior to ticketing for
failure to have a child correctly buckled
up.
Virginia's Pickup Truck Law
(Refer to Code of Virginia Section 46.2 - 1156.1)
• No person under age 16 shall be
transported in the rear cargo area of a
pickup truck. There are exemptions for
certain parades and farming operations.
For additional information call:
1-800-732-8333
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