Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-37-701 (2026)
Definitions
✓ current as of May 2026
As used in this subchapter:
- “Motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle, except a school bus, church bus, and other public conveyance, which is required by federal law or regulation to be equipped with a passenger restraint system; and
- “Seat belt” means any passenger restraint system as defined by the Division of Arkansas State Police, except that, until such time as the division has promulgated rules defining “seat belt”, the term means any passenger restraint system which meets the federal requirements contained in 49 C.F.R. § 571.208.
History. Acts 1991, No. 562, § 1; 2019, No. 315, § 3144; 2019, No. 910, § 6048.
A.C.R.C. Notes. Acts 1991, No. 562, § 6, provided that the Director of the Department of Arkansas State Police shall promulgate regulations defining “seat belt” as soon as possible after July 15, 1991.
Amendments. The 2019 amendment by No. 315 substituted “rules” for “regulations” in (2).
The 2019 amendment by No. 910, in (2), substituted “Division of Arkansas State Police” for “Department of Arkansas State Police” and “division” for “department”.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1993–2013 · leading case: Ford Motor Co. v. Washington, 2013 Ark. 510 (Ark. 2013).
Ford Motor Co. v. Washington, 2013 Ark. 510 (Ark. 2013). “” In its answer to Washington’s complaint, Ford specifically alleged that the “decedent failed to wear his seat belt as required by the Arkansas Mandatory Seat Belt Act, Ark. Code Ann. § 27-37-701 , and that had he complied with this Act, his injuries would have been reduced.”
Fitch v. State, 853 S.W.2d 874 (Ark. 1993). “See also Ark. Code Ann. § 27-37-701 (a) (Supp. 1991).”
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