Booster seat requirements in Nebraska
A car seat or booster until age 8.
Nebraska sets no height or weight that ends the requirement early. Age is the only test.
- Rear facing until
- 24 months
- Back seat until
- age 8
- Seat belt alone from
- age 8
- First offense
- $25
Every figure on this page was read at Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 60-6,267, 60-6,268 on 4 October 2026. Read the statute
What the Nebraska booster seat law says
The stages below are separate rules in the statute, not one rule in steps. The back seat requirement and the restraint requirement are different obligations, and a child can be caught by both at once.
| Rule | Figure | What Nebraska requires |
|---|---|---|
| Rear facing | under 24 months | Until 24 months (2 years). |
| Car seat or booster | under 8 years | Until age 8. |
| Back seat | under 8 years | Required for a child under age 8. |
| Adult seat belt alone | from 8 years | Lawful from age 8. |
| Penalty | $25 | $25 for a first offense. Condition Section 60-6,268(1): an infraction, fined $25 for each violation. Failing to restrain more than one child in the same vehicle at the same time is not treated as separate offenses. The child restraint requirement in subsection (1) is primary; the belt requirement for eight to seventeen in subsection (2) is enforced only as a secondary action. |
Where this and size guidance disagree, follow the stricter one. A belt that crosses the neck rather than the middle of the chest is worse protection than a booster even where the statute allows it.
The statute
Nebraska sets this in Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 60-6,267, 60-6,268. Read it at the source.
This is information, not legal advice. A city or county in Nebraska can set a stricter rule than the state one, and an officer enforces the text of the statute rather than a summary of it. Where this page and the statute differ, the statute is right and this page is a bug.
Where this comes from
- Statute
- Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 60-6,267, 60-6,268
- Source
- nebraskalegislature.gov
- Jurisdiction
- Nebraska (NE), state law only
- Last reviewed
- 4 October 2026 0 days ago
- Read at the statute
- 4 October 2026
- Signed off by a person
- Not yet
- Amendment history
- Laws 2018, LB42, § 2, which added the rear-facing requirement