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Child Safety Seats
Child Safety Seat checks can be scheduled through the North Liberty Police Department at 626-5724, the Iowa City Fire Department Station #4 at 356-5264, or Mercy On-Call at 358-2767
Iowa Child Passenger Safety Seat Laws
(Effective December 2023)
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1a) A child under one year of age and weighing less than twenty pounds who is being transported in a motor vehicle subject to registration, except a school bus or motorcycle, shall be secured during transit in a rear-facing child restraint system that is used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions..
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1b) A child under six years of age who does not meet the description in paragraph “a” and who is being transported in a motor vehicle subject to registration, except a school bus or motorcycle, shall be secured during transit by a child restraint system that is used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
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2) A child at least six years of age but under eighteen years of age who is being transported in a motor vehicle subject to registration, except a school bus or motorcycle, shall be secured during transit by a child restraint system that is used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions or by a safety belt or safety harness of a type approved under section 321.445.
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3) This section does not apply to the following:
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a. Peace officers acting on official duty.
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b. The transportation of children in 1965 model year or older vehicles, authorized emergency vehicles, buses, or motor homes or motorsports recreational vehicles, except when a child is transported in a motor home’s or motorsports recreational vehicle’s passenger seat situated directly to the driver’s right.
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c. The transportation of a child who has been certified by a physician licensed under chapter 148 or a physician assistant licensed under chapter 148C as having a medical, physical, or mental condition that prevents or makes inadvisable securing the child in a child restraint system, safety belt, or safety harness.
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d. A back seat occupant of a motor vehicle for whom no safety belt is available because all safety belts are being used by other occupants or cannot be used due to the use of a child restraint system in the seating position for which a belt is provided.
Common Child Safety Seat Misuses!
About 90% of installed car seats have at least one misuse, how about your Car Seat? Check Below.
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Is Your Car Seat on the Recall List? (Click Here)
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Is Your Child in the Right Car Seat? (Click Here)
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Seat installed too loose
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Improper seating position (in front of an air bag)
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Not buckling child into restraint
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Not securely anchoring the child restraint to the vehicle
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Improper seat for child’s age and size
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Infant riding forward facing
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Harness retainer clip not at armpit level
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Loose harness strap