If a motor vehicle lacks a rear passenger seat or if all of its rear seating positions are occupied by children under eight years of age, a child under eight years of age may be transported in the front seat of the motor vehicle if the child is secured properly in an appropriate child passenger safety restraint system or belt-positioning booster seat as described in Section 56-5-6410(1), (2), or (3).
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-6420
Transportation of children in the front seat of a motor vehicle
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 56-5-10 to 56-5-990 (418 sections).
1983 Act No. 2 SECTION 1; 1988 Act No. 532, SECTION 17; 2017 Act No. 78 (H.3864), SECTION 2, eff May 19, 2017.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.