What is the legal age and height a child is able to ride in the front seat in MN?

Answer 1

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There are no height or weight requirements, and it is legal for anyone of any age to sit in the front seat (except an infant in a rear-facing infant seat) in front of an airbag, so yes. However, nationally, we don't recommend that any child under the age of 13 sit in the front seat of any vehicle, even if there is no airbag, but especially if there is one.

As for the Mustang, seat belts are not required to be in any motor vehicle manufactured before Jan. 1, 1965, so assuming that your Mustang was manufactured before that date, seat belts would not be required. (He would be legal, but not safe). Sgt. Curt S. Mowers

Public Information Office

MN State Patrol

Answer 2

A.C.A. § 27-37-702. Seat belt use required -- Applicability of subchapter.

(a) Each driver and front seat passenger in any motor vehicle operated on a street or highway in this state shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt properly secured to the vehicle.

(b) This subchapter shall not apply to the following:

(1) Passenger automobiles manufactured before July 1, 1968, and all other motor vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1972;

(2) Passengers and drivers with a physical disability that contraindicates the use of a seat belt, and which condition is certified by a physician who states the nature of the disability as well as the reason the use of a seat belt is inappropriate;

(3) Children who require protection and are properly restrained under The Child Passenger Protection Act, § 27-34-101 et seq.; and

(4) Drivers who are rural letter carriers of the United States Postal Service while performing their duties as rural letter carriers.

(c) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(4), each driver or passenger who is seated in a wheelchair in a motor vehicle shall:

(1) Wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt properly secured to the wheelchair; and

(2) Have the wheelchair properly secured in the motor vehicle.

HISTORY: Acts 1991, No. 562, §§ 2, 3; 1997, No. 208, § 34; 2003, No. 764, § 1; 2003, No. 1776, § 1.

A.C.A. § 27-34-104. Requirements.

(a) Every driver who transports a child under fifteen (15) years of age in a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck, other than one (1) operated for hire, which is registered in this or any other state, shall provide while the motor vehicle is in motion and operated on a public road, street, or highway of this state for the protection of the child by properly placing, maintaining, and securing the child in a child passenger restraint system properly secured to the vehicle and meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards in effect on January 1, 1995.

(b) A child who is less than six (6) years of age and who weighs less than sixty pounds (60 lbs.) shall be restrained in a child passenger safety seat properly secured to the vehicle.

(c) If a child is at least six (6) years of age or at least sixty pounds (60 lbs.) in weight, a safety belt properly secured to the vehicle shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of this section.

HISTORY: Acts 1983, No. 749, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-2602; Acts 1995, No. 1274, § 2; 2001, No. 470, § 1; 2003, No. 1776, § 3.

Answer 3

Children must be at least eight years old or be at least four feet, nine inches tall in order to just use a seat belt when riding in a car. But it is up to the licensed driver because he/she is responsible for any passengers under 18 years of age.

Answer 4

The child has to be at least 13 years of age and over 80 pounds. (law)

Answer 5

What is the legal requirements for a child riding on a motorcycle behind the driver in Minnesota?

Answer 6

Children of any age can sit in the front seat; however the Minnesota Department of Public Safety advises that children sit in the back seat until age 13.

Answer 7

The child will have to be 13 years old, at least 4ft 6in, and 85+ lbs.

Answer 8

i think it is 6 years old or over 40 lbs. under that they must be in a car seat n if you have the car seat in the front it must be facing the rear of the vehicle.