Arizona Window Tint Law 2026
Arizona requires at least 33% on the front side windows. We have not established a published figure for the back side windows and rear window, and this page marks that as a gap rather than implying no limit applies.
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Choose a tint level
Our pick at 35% VLT
- 35%VLTIAQWEIAQWE 35% VLT Ceramic Car Window Tint Film 20 in x 20 ft Roll | High Heat Rejection, UV Block, Privacy, Shatterproof, Scratch Resistant & No Signal InterferenceCeramic (nano-ceramic, 5-layer)20″ × 20′ rollRated 35% VLT — may comply with the 33% requirement for front side windows; verify the installed reading.View on Amazon
Our pick at 50% VLT
- 50%VLTIAQWEIAQWE 50% VLT Ceramic Car Window Tint Film 20 in x 20 ft Roll | High Heat Rejection, UV Block, Privacy, Shatterproof, Scratch Resistant & No Signal InterferenceCeramic (nano-ceramic, 5-layer)20″ × 20′ rollRated 50% VLT — may comply with the 33% requirement for front side windows; verify the installed reading.View on Amazon
Our pick at 70% VLT
- 70%VLTARANAARANA 70% VLT 36"x15FT Ceramic Car Window Tint Film | Keep Car Cool, UV Heat Blocking, Daytime Privacy & Anti-Glare, Scratch Resistant, Phone/GPS Friendly, DIY InstallCeramic (nano-ceramic)36″ × 15′ rollRated 70% VLT — may comply with the 33% requirement for front side windows; verify the installed reading.View on Amazon
More options that clear this figure, darkest first
- 35%VLTIAQWEIAQWE 35% VLT Ceramic Car Window Tint Film 20 in x 20 ft Roll | High Heat Rejection, UV Block, Privacy, Shatterproof, Scratch Resistant & No Signal InterferenceCeramic (nano-ceramic, 5-layer)20″ × 20′ rollRated 35% VLT — may comply with the 33% requirement for front side windows; verify the installed reading.View on Amazon
- 35%VLTRockRoseRockRose 35% Nano Ceramic Car Window Tint 36 in x 25FT 2PLY Privacy Film Heat Block, 99% UVR, and 85% IRR Block for Auto or Home Strong Adhesive, Easy Shrink, Plotter Friendly - CharcoalCeramic (2-ply nano-ceramic)36″ × 25′ rollRated 35% VLT — may comply with the 33% requirement for front side windows; verify the installed reading.View on Amazon
- 50%VLTIAQWEIAQWE 50% VLT Ceramic Car Window Tint Film 20 in x 20 ft Roll | High Heat Rejection, UV Block, Privacy, Shatterproof, Scratch Resistant & No Signal InterferenceCeramic (nano-ceramic, 5-layer)20″ × 20′ rollRated 50% VLT — may comply with the 33% requirement for front side windows; verify the installed reading.View on Amazon
- 70%VLTARANAARANA 70% VLT 36"x15FT Ceramic Car Window Tint Film | Keep Car Cool, UV Heat Blocking, Daytime Privacy & Anti-Glare, Scratch Resistant, Phone/GPS Friendly, DIY InstallCeramic (nano-ceramic)36″ × 15′ rollRated 70% VLT — may comply with the 33% requirement for front side windows; verify the installed reading.View on Amazon
Showing 4 of the 12 films we list that clear this figure. Verify before you tint. We match a film’s own rating against the figure in the statute above. We do not measure film, and a manufacturer rating is not a compliance certificate.
The limits at a glance
Arizona sets the same limits for passenger cars and for SUVs, vans and trucks, so there is nothing to switch between.
Film that may meet the 33% requirement for front side windows
- 33% VLT minimum — measured on the installed glass, film and window togetherA.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(1) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read
- This limit is measured on the installed glass, not on the film. Factory glass blocks light on its own, so film rated at or above the figure can still read below it once applied. Treat these as candidates and verify the installed reading.A.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(1) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read
- This state also restricts film colour: Red and amber prohibited on the permitted topmost-windshield material. No color restriction stated for side or rear windows.A.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(11)(b) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read
- This state also caps reflectance for this glass at 35%. Mirrored and metallic films can exceed it regardless of their VLT rating.A.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(1) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read
Every Arizona tint rule we track
| Rule | Applies to | What the law says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windshield strip — how dark the strip may be | All vehicles | No numeric VLT for the permitted topmost-windshield material; it must not be red or amber in color. | A.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(11)(b) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read “The material is not red or amber in color.” |
| Windshield strip — how far down it may extend | All vehicles | 29 inDetailArizona expresses the windshield strip as a SEAT-RELATIVE CLEARANCE (29 inches above the undepressed driver's seat), identical in form to California and Connecticut — not as inches from the top of the glass and not against the AS-1 line. The permitted strip therefore differs by vehicle. Aggregators reporting "AS-1 line" for Arizona are citing a rule not present in §28-959.01. | A.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(11)(a) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read “The bottom edge of the material is at least twenty-nine inches above the undepressed driver's seat when measured from a point five inches in front of the bottom of the backrest with the driver's seat in its rearmost and lowermost position with the vehicle on a level surface.” |
| Windshield below the strip | All vehicles | unclear No published figure Under review — this dimension is still under review. This is a gap in our research, and it says nothing about what Arizona requires here; the state may set its rule in words rather than a percentage. | — |
| Front side windows | All vehicles | 33% VLT minimum measured on the installed glass + film together DetailASSEMBLY basis: §28-959.01(H)(1) — "the ratio of the amount of total light ... allowed to pass through the product or material including the glazing". Statutory tolerance is ±3%. | A.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(1) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read “Front side wing vents and windows that have a substance or material in conjunction with glazing material that has a light transmission of thirty-three percent plus or minus three percent and a luminous reflectance of thirty-five percent plus or minus three percent.” |
| Back side windows | All vehicles | confirmed No VLT limit on side windows to the rear of the driver — they are exempt so long as luminous reflectance is 35% (±3%) or less. Arizona regulates these windows by reflectance only.DetailAffirmative absence, not a gap: the exception is stated in reflectance terms with no transmission floor attached. Any darkness is permissible behind the driver provided the film is not overly reflective. | A.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(6) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read “Side windows that are to the rear of the driver and rear windows that have a substance or material in conjunction with glazing material that has a luminous reflectance of thirty-five percent plus or minus three percent or less.” |
| Rear window | All vehicles | confirmed No VLT limit on the rear window — exempt under the same reflectance-only condition, and separately exempt outright where the vehicle has dual outside mirrors. | A.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(6), (A)(10) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read “The rear window or windows if the motor vehicle is equipped with outside mirrors that are on both left-hand and right-hand sides of the vehicle and that are located in a manner to reflect to the driver a view of the highway through each mirror for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of the motor vehicle.” |
| Reflectivity — front side windows | All vehicles | 35% reflectance maximumDetailLuminous reflectance is defined at §28-959.01(H)(2) as light "reflected outward by the product or material". | A.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(1) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read “a luminous reflectance of thirty-five percent plus or minus three percent” |
| Reflectivity — back side windows | All vehicles | 35% reflectance maximum | A.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(6) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read “a luminous reflectance of thirty-five percent plus or minus three percent or less” |
| Medical exemption | All vehicles | RequiredDetailArizona issues a departmental exemption on application — unlike California and Idaho, where the driver simply carries a physician letter. Attestation must come from a physician licensed under A.R.S. title 32, ch. 13, 14 or 17. | A.R.S. §28-959.01(G) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read “On application from a person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun that is supported by written attestation of this fact from a physician licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13, 14 or 17, the department may issue an exemption from this section for a motor vehicle belonging to the person or in which the person is a habitual passenger.” |
| Certification sticker / label | All vehicles | No window sticker required of the motorist. The duty runs to manufacturers, who must certify compliance to the director; installers must disclose that installation may be illegal in other states.DetailRecorded affirmatively because "is a sticker required?" is a question readers ask; the answer in Arizona is no, and the statute says where the duty sits instead. | A.R.S. §28-959.01(D), (F) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read “Each manufacturer shall certify to the director that the product or material the manufacturer manufactures or assembles complies with the reflectivity and transmittance requirements of this section.” |
| Restricted colors | All vehicles | Red and amber prohibited on the permitted topmost-windshield material. No color restriction stated for side or rear windows. | A.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(11)(b) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read “The material is not red or amber in color.” |
| Side mirrors required if the rear window is tinted | All vehicles | Required Dual outside mirrors are the condition on which the outright rear-window exception at (A)(10) depends; the (A)(6) reflectance route does not require them. | A.R.S. §28-959.01(A)(10) — Arizona Revised Statutes · read “The rear window or windows if the motor vehicle is equipped with outside mirrors that are on both left-hand and right-hand sides of the vehicle and that are located in a manner to reflect to the driver a view of the highway through each mirror for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of the motor vehicle.” |
This state publishes no light-transmittance figure for this glass, so there is no percentage to match a film against. Other rules — colour, reflectivity, obstruction — can still apply, so we are not going to present a shelf as though nothing does.
Sources
- A.R.S. §28-959.01 — Arizona Revised Statutes, read
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