Child restraint devices required.
Fargo Municipal Code § 8-0931
in effect8-0931. - Child restraint devices required.
If a child, under seven years of age, is present in any motor vehicle, that motor vehicle must be equipped with at least one child restraint system for each such child. However, a child under the age of seven who is at least fifty-seven inches [1.45 meters] tall and who weighs at least eighty pounds [36.28 kilograms] is not required to use a child restraint system. The child restraint system must at least meet the standards adopted by the United States Department of Transportation for those systems (49 CFR 571.213). While the motor vehicle is in motion, each such child must be properly secured in the child restraint system in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. A child weighing more than forty pounds [18.14 kilograms] may be restrained by a lap belt if the vehicle is not equipped with lap and shoulder belts or if all lap and shoulder belts are in use by other occupants. While the motor vehicle is moving, each child of seven through seventeen years of age who is in the motor vehicle must be in an approved child restraint system or buckled in a seat belt. Use of child restraint systems and seat belts is not required in motor vehicles that were not equipped with seat belts when manufactured. If a child is being transported in an emergency situation, this section does not apply. Violation of this section is not, in itself, evidence of negligence. The fact of a violation of this section is not admissible in any proceeding other than one charging the violation.
Source: 2154 (1984), 2375 (1987), 2592 (1991), 3063 (1999), 4490 (2005).
Source: City of Fargo, North Dakota, Fargo Municipal Code and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nd/fargo/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=FARGO_MUNICIPAL_CODECIFANODA_CH8TRCO_ART8-09EQVEIZWEHELORE_8-0931CHREDEREFetched: 11/7/2026