In Indiana a seat belt violation (Indiana Code 9-19-10) usually comes with a fine amount of only $25 however there may be court costs, administrative fees, etc that make the actual ticket more expensive to pay. From the fine lists we have seen a child restraint ticket also only cost $25 but again there may be more fees and costs to pay out.
Your citation should say if you have to go to court or not, likely you do not and only have to pay the fines associated with these tickets. If the ticket does not make it clear if you must appear in court or not than contact the court listed on the citation.
The seat belt offense and child restraint violations would go on an Indiana motor vehicle record (MVR). What we have read is that in IN most traffic offenses are infractions. Although an infraction is an offense against the State, it is not a crime; it is a civil offense. All determinations by the court are normally forwarded to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) and become part of your permanent driving record. While we do not see points for a normal seat belt offense it is 4 points in IN for a child safety restraint violation.
[Let CarInsurance.com help you find affordable auto insurance now.] It would appear that you though live in Calumet City, Illinois right across the border from Indiana. A safety belt ticket in Illinois is a violation of the IL Seat Belt Act, Illinois Vehicle Code 12-603.1, which is non-point offense. The IL seat belt law requires states that all front seat occupants are required to be protected by a safety belt or safety restraint system, regardless of age. Passengers under age 16 regardless of location in the vehicle must be protected by a safety belt or restraint system.
Both Indiana and Illinois are members of the Drivers License Compact (DLC) so if you are convicted of the seat belt offenses in IN than their courts should inform the IL Secretary of State (SOS) of the violations and add them to you driving record there. The Driver Services Department of the Illinois Secretary of State and their representative stated that points do not actually stay on an IL driver's license. The State really does not have a points system per say regarding moving violations so points do not get assigned each time you get a violation and then stay there for a certain length of time.
Instead what the SOS explained to us is that they go by the amount of moving violations you have been convicted of and once you reach a certain number of convictions they can then assign points from their point schedule to determine how long your driver's license suspension will be for. So the points are mainly just looked at by the SOS to determine what action to take against your license and are not actually placed on your driving record according to the representative we spoke with.
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To see the points list for Illinois you can look at their points listing here.The only seat belt/child safety restraint points that we see is "Violation of GDL — child restraint violation for drivers under age 18" which comes with 10 points.
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