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Louisiana Window Tint Checker (2026)
The legal tint limit for every window position in Louisiana (25% on the front sides), checked against your own film's VLT, with the medical exemption and what a ticket costs.
Louisiana 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 Louisiana window limit, or read the limits as they stand.
The light transmittance limits do not apply to windows behind the driver on trucks, buses, trailers, motor homes, and multipurpose passenger vehicles (La. R.S. 32:361.1(D)).
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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana window tint reference, cited to La. R.S. 32:361.1 (as amended by Act 143 of 2025); medical exemption La. R.S. 32:361.2.
How the Louisiana tint rules work
Louisiana loosened its front-window rule in 2025. Act 143 dropped the front side window minimum from 40% to 25%, effective August 1, 2025, so the current steps are 25% on the front doors, 25% on the side windows behind the driver, and 12% on the rearmost glass, all with tolerances already folded in. The windshield gets only a strip, no more than 5 inches down from the top and never red or amber. Trucks, buses, motor homes, and multipurpose passenger vehicles escape the limits on the glass behind the driver, and a separate statute (R.S. 32:361.2) carries the medical exemption.
This checker applies the Louisiana 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 Louisiana window tint reference, cited to La. R.S. 32:361.1 (as amended by Act 143 of 2025); medical exemption La. R.S. 32:361.2.
Window tint checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own per-window limits.