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Delaware Window Tint Checker (2026)
The legal tint limit for every window position in Delaware (70% on the front sides), checked against your own film's VLT, with the medical exemption and what a ticket costs.
Delaware window tint checker
VLT (visible light transmission) is the share of light the film lets through; a lower number is darker. It is printed on the film packaging or your installation receipt. Leave it blank to just read the limits.
Enter your film's VLT above to check it against each Delaware window limit, or read the limits as they stand.
Delaware law fixes only the front glass to the federal standard. Windows behind the driver, on any body style, are not given a VLT floor by §4313.
Film is sold by its own VLT, but police measure the installed darkness: the film combined with your factory glass, which reads darker than the film alone. These are the Delaware figures stated as information, not a determination about any stop or ticket.
Informational only, not legal advice. Reflectivity limits, color bans, and vehicle-class exceptions can change the answer for a specific car. See the full rules, the exemption steps, and the citations on the Delaware window tint reference, cited to 21 Del. C. §4313; §4313A.
How the Delaware tint rules work
Delaware writes no tint percentage of its own. Section 4313 simply says the windshield, the front side windows, and the side wings must meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205, the same roughly 70% floor the glass carried from the factory. What the section never mentions is anything behind the driver, so the back side windows and rear window have no state darkness limit on a sedan, SUV, or van. A doctor or optometrist statement kept in the car blocks a conviction, and a top-edge strip is fine as long as it stays above the AS-1 line.
This checker applies the Delaware figures to the VLT you enter. It is informational only and not legal advice: reflectivity limits, color bans, and vehicle-class exceptions can change the answer for a specific car. For the full rules, the shades table, and the citations, see the Delaware window tint reference, cited to 21 Del. C. §4313; §4313A.
Window tint checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own per-window limits.