Sections 12-416 through 12-420 of this title may be used in any civil proceeding in this state and the use or nonuse of seat belts shall be submitted into evidence in any civil suit in Oklahoma unless the plaintiff in such suit is a child under sixteen (16) years of age.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 123, § 5, eff. Feb. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 50, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 11, § 4, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013; Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 11, § 5, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.
NOTE: Laws 2009, c. 228, § 27 was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013) and repealed by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 11, § 1, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.