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Mont. Code Ann. § 61-9-419 (2026)

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TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES

CHAPTER 9. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT

Part 4. Miscellaneous Regulations

Definitions

61-9-419. Definitions. (1) As used in 61-9-420 through 61-9-423 and this section, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(a) "Booster seat" means a child safety restraint system that meets applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards and is designed to provide belt-positioning that elevates a child to be properly seated with a safety belt.

(b) "Child safety restraint system" means a device that:

(i) meets applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards; and

(ii) is appropriate to the age of the child being restrained, as provided in 61-9-420.

(c) (i) "Properly restrained" means fastened in a manner prescribed by the manufacturer of the child safety restraint system that permits the child safety restraint system to act as a body restraint.

(ii) The term does not mean a system in which the only body restraint is a safety belt of the type required by 61-9-409.

(d) "Secured with a safety belt" means restrained or secured by a seat belt that:

(i) meets applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards; and

(ii) is properly adjusted and fastened, including both the shoulder and lap straps, when equipped in the vehicle.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 177, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 431, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 692, L. 2025.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Malcolm v. Evenflo Co., Inc., 2009 MT 285 (Mont. 2009).
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Malcolm v. Evenflo Co., Inc., 2009 MT 285 (Mont. 2009). · cites it 2× “" Indeed, the court noted, the State of Montana considers the probability of serious injury or death to an unrestrained child in a motor vehicle to be so great and so well-known that placing an infant in a vehicle without a proper restraint constitutes a criminal act (citing §§…”
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