{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-11-1112","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-1112","heading":"Child passenger restraint system required for certain","body":"vehicles - Exemptions.\n\nA. Every driver, when transporting a child under eight (8)\n\nyears of age in a motor vehicle operated on the roadways, streets,\n\nor highways of this state, shall provide for the protection of said\n\nchild by properly using a child passenger restraint system as\n\nfollows:\n\n1. A child under four (4) years of age shall be properly\n\nsecured in a child passenger restraint system. Except as provided\n\nin subsection G of this section, the child passenger restraint\n\nsystem shall be rear-facing until the child reaches two (2) years of\n\nage or until the child reaches the weight or height limit of the\n\nrear-facing child passenger restraint system as allowed by the\n\nmanufacturer of the child passenger restraint system, whichever\n\noccurs first; and\n\n2. A child at least four (4) years of age but younger than\n\neight (8) years of age, if not taller than 4 feet 9 inches in\n\nheight, shall be properly secured in either a child passenger\n\nrestraint system or child booster seat.\n\nFor purposes of this section and Section 11-1113 of this title,\n\n\"child passenger restraint system\" means an infant or child\n\npassenger restraint system which meets the federal standards as set\n\nby 49 C.F.R., Section 571.213.\n\nB. If a child is eight (8) years of age or is taller than 4\n\nfeet 9 inches in height, a seat belt properly secured to the vehicle\n\nshall be sufficient to meet the requirements of this section.\n\nC. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:\n\n1. The driver of a school bus, taxicab, moped, motorcycle, or\n\nother motor vehicle not required to be equipped with safety belts\n\npursuant to state or federal laws;\n\n2. The driver of an ambulance or emergency vehicle;\n\n3. The driver of a vehicle in which all of the seat belts are\n\nin use;\n\n4. The transportation of children who for medical reasons are\n\nunable to be placed in such devices, provided there is written\n\ndocumentation from a physician of such medical reason; or\n\n5. The transportation of a child who weighs more than forty\n\n(40) pounds and who is being transported in the back seat of a\n\nvehicle while wearing only a lap safety belt when the back seat of\n\nthe vehicle is not equipped with combination lap and shoulder safety\n\nbelts, or when the combination lap and shoulder safety belts in the\n\nback seat are being used by other children who weigh more than forty\n\n(40) pounds. Provided, however, for purposes of this paragraph,\n\nback seat shall include all seats located behind the front seat of a\n\nvehicle operated by a licensed child care facility or church.\n\nProvided further, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that a\n\nchild has met the weight requirements of this paragraph if at the\n\nrequest of any law enforcement officer, the licensed child care\n\nfacility or church provides the officer with a written statement\n\nverified by the parent or legal guardian that the child weighs more\n\nthan forty (40) pounds.\n\nD. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be\n\nadmissible as evidence in any civil action or proceeding for damages\n\nunless the plaintiff in such action or proceeding is a child under\n\nsixteen (16) years of age.\n\nIn any action brought by or on behalf of an infant for personal\n\ninjuries or wrongful death sustained in a motor vehicle collision,\n\nthe failure of any person to have the infant properly restrained in\n\naccordance with the provisions of this section shall not be used in\n\naggravation or mitigation of damages.\n\nE. A person who is certified as a Child Passenger Safety\n\nTechnician and who in good faith provides inspection, adjustment, or\n\neducational services regarding child passenger restraint systems\n\nshall not be liable for civil damages resulting from any act or\n\nomission in providing such services, other than acts or omissions\n\nconstituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.\n\nF. Any person convicted of violating subsection A of this\ner Safety\n\nTechnician and who in good faith provides inspection, adjustment, or\n\neducational services regarding child passenger restraint systems\n\nshall not be liable for civil damages resulting from any act or\n\nomission in providing such services, other than acts or omissions\n\nconstituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.\n\nF. Any person convicted of violating subsection A of this\n\nsection shall be punished by a fine of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and\n\nshall pay all court costs thereof. Revenue from such fine shall be\n\napportioned to the Department of Public Safety Restricted Revolving\n\nFund and used by the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office to promote the\n\nuse of child passenger restraint systems as provided in Section 11-\n\n1113 of this title. This fine shall be suspended and the court\n\ncosts limited to a maximum of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) in the case\n\nof the first offense upon proof of purchase or acquisition by loan\n\nof a child passenger restraint system. Provided, the Department of\n\nPublic Safety shall not assess points to the driving record of any\n\nperson convicted of a violation of this section.\n\nG. A driver of a vehicle who has been rightfully issued a\n\ndetachable placard indicating physical disability under the\n\nprovisions of Section 15-112 of this title or a physically disabled\n\nlicense plate under the provisions of Section 1135.1 or 1135.2 of\n\nthis title and valid letter of forward-facing exemption issued from\n\nthe Department of Public Safety shall be permitted to transport a\n\nchild passenger under four (4) years of age in a forward-facing\n\nchild passenger restraint system. The placard and forward-facing\n\nexemption letter must be present in the vehicle to be in compliance.","path":["OK Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os47.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"1dc75be548c76039032c86d9484ce0635e5274d1b9b6dfa68791c315cb59e101","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-11-1111","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-11-1113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}