15 Miss. Code. R. 11-55-3.15.3 - Occupant Restraints

1. All children will be properly restrained whenever they are being transported in a motor vehicle.

a. Every person transporting a child under the age of four years in a passenger motor vehicle, and operated on a public roadway, street or highway, shall provide for the protection of the child by properly using a child passenger restraint device or system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards.

b. Every person transporting a child in a passenger motor vehicle operated on a public roadway, street or highway, shall provide for the protection of the child by properly using a belt positioning booster seat system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards if the child is at least four years of age, but less than seven years of age and measures less than four feet nine inches in height or weighs less than 65 pounds.

c. Any vehicle equipped with seatbelts is subject to the requirements in items a. and b. above

2. No vehicle shall be occupied by more individuals than its rated capacity.

3. No children shall be transported in the front seat of vehicles equipped with passenger-side airbags.

4. An individual seat restraint must be used for each child. The use of an individual seat restraint for two or more children is not allowed.

Notes

15 Miss. Code. R. 11-55-3.15.3

Miss. Code Ann. § 43-20-8

Adopted 11/14/2024