- California Legislative Information
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- Vehicle Code § 26708 CVC – California “Window Tinting” Laws
Vehicle Code 26708 CVC is the California statute that makes it illegal for you to engage in “window tinting ” This means either placing a material or object: directly in the windshield of a car, or its side or rear window; or, anywhere else in the car if it obstructs your (the driver's) view
- California Vehicle Code section 26708 (2025)
(1)A person shall not drive any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows
- California Code, Vehicle Code - VEH § 26708 | FindLaw
(a) (1) A person shall not drive any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows
- California Vehicle Code § 26708 (2024) - Justia Law
26708 (a) (1) A person shall not drive any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows
- California’s Law on Tinted Windows, Clear as Mud? We Discuss Multiple . . .
In a nutshell, tinted windows are illegal if the tinting applied to a vehicle’s windows “alters the color or reduces the light transmittance of the windshield or side or rear windows ” (V C § 26708,5 (a))
- 26708 (a) (1) VC - Window Tint : r CaliforniaTicketHelp - Reddit
Furthermore, on the same vehicle code, different section 26708 (d) (a) (1) it states that we are able to put tints on the front side windows as long as “The material has a minimum visible light transmittance of 88 percent ”
- California Vehicle Window Tint (CA Vehicle Code section 26708)
Section 26708 (d) goes over window tint for, basically, the front door windows of the vehicle Section 26708 (e) goes over window tint for all of the vehicle’s other windows, including the windshield
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