4 – 7 Years Keep your child in a forward-facing car seat with a harness and tether until he or she reaches the top height or weight limit allowed by your car seat's manufacturer. Once your child outgrows the forward-facing car seat with a harness, it's time to travel in a booster seat, but still in the back seat.
Children ages 0 to 3 must be in child restraint devices of a separate carrier or a vehicle manufacturer's integrated child seat. Children age 4 through 5 must be in a separate carrier, integrated child seat or booster seat.
California's Occupant Protection Law California law requires all children under two years old to ride in a rear-facing car seat, unless the child weighs 40 or more pounds OR is 40 or more inches tall. Children under the age of 8 are required to be secured in a car or booster seat.
5) UPDATED LAW effective 8/1/2024. Law: Children under age 18 must be secured as follows: All children under 2 years must be seated in a rear-facing seat with an internal harness until the child reaches the weight or height limit of the child passenger restraint system.
California Law Children under the age of 8 must be secured in a car seat or booster seat in the back seat. Children who are 8 years of age OR have reached 4'9” in height may be secured by a booster seat, but at a minimum must be secured by a safety belt. (California Vehicle Code Section 27363.)
This usually occurs around 65 pounds. Once children reach 8 years of age OR have reached 4'9” in height, they may graduate from the booster seat to a safety belt, however, children are safest in a booster seat until they are 4'9″. All passengers of all ages are subject to California's Mandatory Seat Belt law.
California law does not specify when a child may graduate from a five-point harness to a booster seat. You can typically consider allowing a child to sit in a booster seat when they're between 40 and 65 pounds.
New York State law requires that all children under the age of 4 ride in child safety seats and all children ride in child restraint systems until their 8th birthday. Safety seats and child restraint systems must be certified ing to Federal Motor Vehicles Safety Standard 213.
Ing to California State Law, children must be seated in the rear seat of a vehicle in an appropriate car seat or booster seat until they are 8 years old or 4'9″ tall.
Illinois Car Seat Law Illinois law requires that all children under the age of eight being transported in a motor vehicle must be properly restrained in an appropriate child restraint system, EVERY TRIP, EVERY TIME!