Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-34-102 (2026)
Legislative intent
✓ current as of May 2026
It is the legislative intent that all state, university, county, and local law enforcement agencies, as well as all physicians and hospitals, in recognition of the problems, including death and serious injury, associated with unrestrained children in motor vehicles, conduct a continuing safety and public awareness campaign so as to encourage and promote the use of child passenger safety seats.
History. Acts 1983, No. 749, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-2607.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2020–2021 · leading case: Samantha Edwards, Individually & as Special Adm'x of the Est. of William Bobby Wray Edwards, & Arleigh Grayce Edwards, Deceased; & as Parent & Next Friend for Peyton Hale, a Minor v. Eric James Cornell Thomas & McElroy Truck Lines, Inc., 2021 Ark. 140 (Ark. 2021).
Samantha Edwards, Individually & as Special Adm'x of the Est. of William Bobby Wray Edwards, & Arleigh Grayce Edwards, Deceased; & as Parent & Next Friend for Peyton Hale, a Minor v. Eric James Cornell Thomas & McElroy Truck Lines, Inc., 2021 Ark. 140 (Ark. 2021). “” Ark. Code Ann. § 27-34-102 . Toward that end, specified drivers must place, maintain, and secure child passengers under the age of fifteen in a restraint system that meets applicable federal safety standards.”
Kroll v. Thomas (W.D. Ark. 2020). “” Ark. Code Ann § 27-34-102. With limited exceptions that are not applicable here, the CPPA imposes a duty on motor vehicle operators in Arkansas to protect any child passenger under the age of fifteen by securing and maintaining the child in a child passenger restraint system…”
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