Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-34-103 (2026)
Penalty
✓ current as of May 2026
- Any person who violates this chapter shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
- In determining the amount of fine to be assessed under this section, any court hearing the matter shall consider whether, if the offense is for failure to secure the child in a child passenger safety seat properly secured to the vehicle, the child was restrained by some alternative means such as seat safety belts properly secured to the vehicle.
- Upon satisfactory proof being presented to the court that the defendant has acquired, purchased, or rented an approved child passenger safety seat as described in § 27-34-104, the court shall assess no more than the minimum fine allowed.
History. Acts 1983, No. 749, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-2604; Acts 1995, No. 1274, § 1; 2003, No. 1776, § 2.
Cross References. Safety equipment generally, § 27-37-202 et seq.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Kroll v. Thomas (W.D. Ark. 2020).
Kroll v. Thomas (W.D. Ark. 2020). “” Ark. Code Ann. § 27-34-104 (c). The CPPA provides that anyone who violates its provisions will, upon conviction, be subject to fines.”
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