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New Jersey Window Tint Checker (2026)
The legal tint limit for every window position in New Jersey (No film on the front sides), checked against your own film's VLT, with the medical exemption and what a ticket costs.
New Jersey 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 New Jersey window limit, or read the limits as they stand.
The N.J.A.C. 13:20-1 sun-screening rules govern only the windshield and front side windows. Windows behind the driver are not covered by a light-transmittance floor; dual outside mirrors are the practical condition for tinting them.
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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey window tint reference, cited to N.J.S.A. 39:3-74, 39:3-75.1; N.J.A.C. 13:20-1.2 to -1.4.
How the New Jersey tint rules work
New Jersey draws a hard line at the front of the car. No darkening film is allowed on the driver and front passenger windows (the rule keeps them at 60% or lighter), and the windshield takes film only above the AS-1 line, in a clear neutral-gray form. Everything behind the driver is a different story: the sun-screening rules set no darkness floor back there, so rear glass can be as dark as you like once both outside mirrors are in place.
This checker applies the New Jersey 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 New Jersey window tint reference, cited to N.J.S.A. 39:3-74, 39:3-75.1; N.J.A.C. 13:20-1.2 to -1.4.
Window tint checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own per-window limits.