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Kansas Window Tint Law 2026

Kansas requires at least 35% on the front side windows, 35% on the back side windows and 35% on the rear window.

As an Amazon Associate, StreetLawful earns from qualifying purchases. Product listings are matched to statutory requirements as we read them — this is not a guarantee of compliance, and we do not test or measure any film ourselves.

Choose a tint level

35% VLTfront side window
Illustrative rendering of the film’s rated VLT. Not a measurement — apparent darkness varies with glass, lighting and screen. Figures on this page are for all vehicles.

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 35% 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 35% 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 35% 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 35% 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 35% 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

Kansas sets the same limits for passenger cars and for SUVs, vans and trucks, so there is nothing to switch between.

Front side windows
35% VLT minimum
measured on the installed glass + film together
K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(3) — Kansas Statutes · read
Back side windows
35% VLT minimum
measured on the installed glass + film together
K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(2), (a)(3) — Kansas Statutes · read
Rear window
35% VLT minimum
measured on the installed glass + film together
K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(2), (a)(3) — Kansas Statutes · read
Windshield strip — how far down it may extend
AS-1
K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(1) — Kansas Statutes · read

Film that may meet the 35% requirement for front side windows

  • 35% VLT minimum — measured on the installed glass, film and window together
    K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(3) — Kansas 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.
    K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(3) — Kansas Statutes · read
  • This state also restricts film colour: Red, yellow and amber prohibited on the windshield device. No color list stated for side or rear windows, which must simply be nonreflective.
    K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(1) — Kansas Statutes · read

Every Kansas tint rule we track

Every dimension we track for window tint in Kansas, including the ones we have not been able to establish. A row marked unclear means we found no published figure — it does not mean the state permits anything here.
RuleApplies toWhat the law saysSource
Windshield strip — how dark the strip may beAll vehiclesNo numeric VLT for the permitted windshield strip; the device must be nonreflective and must not be red, yellow or amber in color.
K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(1) — Kansas Statutes · read
“A sun screening device when used in conjunction with the windshield shall be nonreflective and shall not be red, yellow or amber in color.”
Windshield strip — how far down it may extendAll vehiclesAS-1
Detail

Kansas gives no fallback for a windshield without an identifiable AS-1 marking — contrast Idaho, which specifies 6 inches in that case. The statute assumes the line is "clearly defined and marked".

K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(1) — Kansas Statutes · read
“A sun screening device shall be used only along the top of the windshield and shall not extend downward beyond the AS1 line, which is clearly defined and marked;”
Windshield below the stripAll vehicles78% VLT minimum
measured on the film itself
Clear, colorless, transparent UV material only, and only with a signed physician or optometrist statement identifying the driver or occupant and stating the material is necessary to safeguard their health.
Detail

FILM figure. Kansas independently reproduces the California construct with a different number: 78% film here, 88% in CVC §26708(d)(1).

K.S.A. 8-1749a(c)(1) — Kansas Statutes · read
“The material has a minimum visible light transmittance of 78%;”
All vehicles70% VLT minimum
measured on the installed glass + film together
The glazing with the material applied, measured as the assembly.
Detail

The 70% is the FMVSS 205 assembly floor adopted by reference, and the statute names AS-14 (abrasion class), not AS-1 — the same drafting Phase 0 verified in California.

K.S.A. 8-1749a(c)(2) — Kansas Statutes · read
“the window glazing with the material applied meets all requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 205, including the specified minimum light transmittance of 70% and the abrasion resistance of AS-14 glazing, as specified in that federal standard;”
Front side windowsAll vehicles35% VLT minimum
measured on the installed glass + film together
Detail

ASSEMBLY basis: the figure is "total light transmission ... in conjunction with other existing sun screening devices", i.e. the combined result including the factory glass, not a film rating. Kansas applies this single 35% floor to every window subsection (a) covers — side wings, side windows front and rear of the driver, and the rearmost window — rather than stepping the limit by position.

K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(3) — Kansas Statutes · read
“the total light transmission shall not be less than 35% when a sun screening device is used in conjunction with other existing sun screening devices.”
Back side windowsAll vehicles35% VLT minimum
measured on the installed glass + film together
Detail

Same 35% floor as the front — Kansas does not permit darker glass behind the driver.

K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(2), (a)(3) — Kansas Statutes · read
“a sun screening device when used in conjunction with the side wings or side windows located at the immediate right and left of the driver, the side windows behind the driver and the rear most window shall be nonreflective; and (3) the total light transmission shall not be less than 35%”
Rear windowAll vehicles35% VLT minimum
measured on the installed glass + film together
K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(2), (a)(3) — Kansas Statutes · read
“the side windows behind the driver and the rear most window shall be nonreflective; and (3) the total light transmission shall not be less than 35%”
Reflectivity — front side windowsAll vehiclesNo numeric reflectance cap. The statute requires only that the sun screening device be "nonreflective".
Detail

Recorded as a prose standard because the statute sets no percentage. Publishing a number here (aggregators commonly assert 35%) would attribute a figure to Kansas law that is not in it.

K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(2) — Kansas Statutes · read
“a sun screening device when used in conjunction with the side wings or side windows located at the immediate right and left of the driver, the side windows behind the driver and the rear most window shall be nonreflective;”
Reflectivity — back side windowsAll vehiclesNo numeric reflectance cap; "nonreflective" is the whole of the requirement for side windows behind the driver and the rearmost window.
K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(2) — Kansas Statutes · read
“the side windows behind the driver and the rear most window shall be nonreflective;”
Medical exemptionAll vehiclesRequired
Detail

Kansas's medical route does NOT permit darker tint — it permits clear 78% UV film. A reader looking for a medical exemption to a darkness limit will not find one here. Worn or bubbled material must be removed or replaced under (c)(5).

K.S.A. 8-1749a(c)(4) — Kansas Statutes · read
“the driver or occupant of the vehicle possesses a signed statement from a licensed physician or licensed optometrist that: (A) Identifies with reasonable specificity the driver or occupant of the vehicle; and (B) states that, in the physician's or optometrist's professional opinion, the equipping of the vehicle with the material is necessary to safeguard the health of the driver or occupant of the vehicle;”
Certification sticker / labelAll vehiclesunclear No published figure

Under review — the official sources we read state no figure for this. This is a gap in our research, and it says nothing about what Kansas requires here; the state may set its rule in words rather than a percentage.

Not addressed in K.S.A. 8-1749a. Kansas has a separate law-enforcement-vehicle carve-out at (b) but no motorist sticker duty in this section; Phase 1b should check K.S.A. 8-1749b (definitions) and any K.A.R. implementing rules before recording a value.

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Restricted colorsAll vehiclesRed, yellow and amber prohibited on the windshield device. No color list stated for side or rear windows, which must simply be nonreflective.
Detail

Kansas bans yellow in addition to red and amber — California and Arizona name only red and amber.

K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(1) — Kansas Statutes · read
“shall not be red, yellow or amber in color”
Side mirrors required if the rear window is tintedAll vehiclesunclear No published figure

Under review — the official sources we read state no figure for this. This is a gap in our research, and it says nothing about what Kansas requires here; the state may set its rule in words rather than a percentage.

Not addressed — Kansas conditions nothing on mirrors, because it does not exempt rear windows from the 35% floor in the first place.

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Film that may meet the 35% requirement for the rear window

  • 35% VLT minimum — measured on the installed glass, film and window together
    K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(2), (a)(3) — Kansas 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.
    K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(2), (a)(3) — Kansas Statutes · read
  • This state also restricts film colour: Red, yellow and amber prohibited on the windshield device. No color list stated for side or rear windows, which must simply be nonreflective.
    K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(1) — Kansas Statutes · read

As an Amazon Associate, StreetLawful earns from qualifying purchases. Product listings are matched to statutory requirements as we read them — this is not a guarantee of compliance, and we do not test or measure any film ourselves.

Choose a tint level

35% VLTNo preview for rear glass — the illustration does not show that window.
Illustrative rendering of the film’s rated VLT. Not a measurement — apparent darkness varies with glass, lighting and screen. Figures on this page are for all vehicles.

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 35% requirement for the rear window; 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 35% requirement for the rear window; 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 35% requirement for the rear window; 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 35% requirement for the rear window; 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 35% requirement for the rear window; 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.

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