{"id":1659,"date":"2023-11-11T15:07:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T15:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carseaton.com\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2023-12-09T11:57:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T11:57:12","slug":"car-seat-law-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carseaton.com\/car-seat-law-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Seat Law Kansas (2024) – Age, Weight, Height Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What is the Car Seat Law in Kansas?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tKansas Legislature Law Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 8-1344 (a) reads:\n\n\"Every driver who transports a child under the age of 14 years in a passenger car on a highway shall provide for the protection of such child by properly in an age- or size-appropriate child passenger restraint system, child booster seat, or a safety seat that meets the federal motor vehicle safety standards.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Kansas Car Seat Laws Rear-Facing<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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According to the Kansas Regulations Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 8-1344 (a) (1), the law requires children who are under 4 years of age or weigh less than 40 pounds to use a child passenger safety restraint system.<\/p>

The law does not say age, weight, or height requirements on a rear-facing car seat.<\/p>

However, the Kansas Highway Patrol implement the law rules for children aged under 4 years old. It insists that children under age 1 should always travel in a rear-facing car seat<\/a>.<\/p>

The rear-facing car seat can be infant-only seats, convertible, and all-in-one car seats.<\/p>

The latter two types of car seats<\/a> have higher height and weight limits for the rear-facing position and allow you to keep your child rear-facing for a longer time, even till to 2 or 3 years of age.<\/p>

Your child should remain in a rear-facing car seat until they reach the highest height or weight recommended by the car seat’s manufacturer.<\/p>

This Highway patrol rules are in accordance with the guidelines of NHTSA<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Kansas Forward Facing Car Seat Laws <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Forward-facing car seat requirements are mentioned in the Kansas law neither.<\/p>

According to the Highway Patrol regulations, the best practice is to use a forward-facing car seat with an internal harness once when your child outgrows the rear-facing seat.<\/p>

Then you should stick to the forward-facing car seat as long as possible when the child is still within the safety limit of the forward-facing car seat.<\/p>

Most forward-facing car seats<\/a> feature a weight limit of 65 pounds and a height limit of 49 inches. That typically happens at age 5-7.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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What is The Law for Booster Seats in Kansas?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Kansas law says in Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 8-1344 (b) (2) that children meet below one of the below two standards should use a child booster seat<\/a>:<\/p>