Editorial and corrections policy

Drivers use these pages before paying for film that costs real money and can earn a ticket. A wrong limit sends them to the wrong film, so every figure points back to the statute section it was read in.

Who is responsible

Radif Partners, reachable at contact@tintlawcheck.com.

What we read

• the vehicle code of each state and of the District of Columbia, on the official legislature or code site; when that site refuses automated reading, on an archived copy of the official page, whose date is shown; when no official text can be read, the figure is marked not confirmed;
• the rules a state agency adopts under that code, where the statute sends to them;
• the federal glazing standard FMVSS 205 (49 CFR 571.205), NHTSA's interpretation letters and the federal motor carrier rules for commercial vehicles.

Sources we refuse

Film makers, tint shops, law firm blogs and other tint charts never provide a figure here, however well they rank. They often repeat an old limit after a state has changed it. A limit we cannot find in the law is shown as missing.

Review cycle

A script checks every month that each official address still answers; the 51 statutes are read again in full once a year, in July, and whenever a reader reports a change.

Corrections

1. We read the official text again, or its archived copy when the official site refuses automated reading.
2. We correct the state record, keep the new extract and add a test for the case.
3. The pages rebuild and show the new date.

Independence

No film maker, installer, insurer or state agency pays for or reviews what is published here, and the site carries no affiliate link. See also the method page. Version: 2026-10-24.