Kentucky Window Tint Law Kentucky Revised Statues 189.110

KRS 189.110 Unobstructed windshields -- Display of American flag -- 
        Windshield wipers.



(1) A windshield in a fixed and upright position, that is equipped with
    safety glazing as required by federal safety-glazing material standards,
    is required on every motor vehicle which is operated on the public
    highways, roads, and streets, except on a motorcycle or implement of
    husbandry.

(2) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle on a public highway, road,
    or street with any sign, sunscreening material, product, or covering
    attached to, or located in or upon the windshield, except the following:

    (a) A certificate or other paper required to be displayed by law; 

    (b) Sunscreening material along a strip at the top of the windshield,
        if the material is transparent and does not encroach upon the
        driver's direct forward viewing area as defined in Federal Motor
        Vehicle Safety Standards No. 205 as the AS/1 portion of the
        windshield.

(3) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle required to be registered 
    in the Commonwealth, on a public highway, road, or street on which
    vehicle the side wings and side windows on either side forward of or 
    adjacent to the operator's seat are composed of, covered by, or treated
    with any sunscreening material or other product or covering which has
    the effect of making the window nontransparent or which would alter the
    window's color, increase its reflectivity, or reduce its light
    transmittance, except as expressly permitted by this section. A
    sunscreening material may be applied to the windows if, when tested on
    one-eighth (1/8) inch clear glass, the material has a total solar
    reflectance of visible light of not more than twenty-five percent (25%)
    as measured on the nonfilm side and a light transmittance of at least
    thirty-five percent (35%) in the visible light range.

(4) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle required to be registered in
    the Commonwealth, on a public highway, road, or street on which vehicle
    any windows behind the driver are composed of, covered by, or treated
    with any sunscreening material, or other product or material which has
    the effect of making the window nontransparent or which would alter the
    window's color, increase its reflectivity, or reduce its light
    transmittance, except as specified below: 

    (a) Sunscreen material consisting of film which, when tested on
        one-eighth (1/8) inch clear glass, has a total solar reflectance of
        visible light of not more than thirty-five percent (35%) as measured
        on the nonfilm side and a light transmittance of at least eighteen
        percent (18%) in the visible light range; however, sunscreen material
        which, when tested on one-eighth (1/8) inch clear glass, has a total
        solar reflectance of visible light of not more than thirty-five
        percent (35%) as measured on the nonfilm side and a light
        transmittance of at least eight percent (8%) in the visible light
        range may be used on multipurpose passenger vehicles;

    (b) Perforated sunscreening material which, when tested in conjunction
        with existing glazing or film material, has a total reflectance of
        visible light of not more than thirty-five percent (35%) and a light
        transmittance of no less than thirty percent (30%). For those products
        or materials having different levels of reflectance, the highest
        reflectance from the product or material will be measured by dividing
        the area into sixteen (16) equal sections and averaging the overall
        reflectance. The measured reflectance of any of those sections may
        not exceed fifty percent (50%).

(5) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle required to be registered in
    the Commonwealth, upon a public highway, road, or street, on which
    vehicle the rear window is composed of, covered by, or treated with any
    material which has the effect of making the window nontransparent, unless
    the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors on both sides.

(6) Each installer or seller of sunscreening material shall provide a
    pressure-sensitive, self-destructive, nonremovable, vinyl-type film label
    to the purchaser stating that the material complies with the provisions of
    KRS 189.010(20) to (23) and subsections (1) to (5) of this section. Each
    installer shall affix the required label to the inside left door jamb
    of the motor vehicle. In addition, the label shall state the trade name
    of the material and the installer's or seller's business name. Labeling
    is not required for factory glazing which complies with Federal Motor
    Vehicle Safety Standard No. 205.

(7) Every percentage measurement required by subsections (3) and (4) of this
    section is subject to a tolerance of plus or minus three percent (3%).

(8) A person shall not install window tinting materials on a vehicle that
    fails to meet the minimum standards for light transmission pursuant to
    subsections (3) and (4) of this section. Tinted material that fails to
    meet the minimum standards for light transmission pursuant to
    subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall be removed immediately.

(9) A person who applies sunscreening materials in violation of this section
    shall be guilty upon conviction of a Class B misdemeanor.

(10) Nothing in this section shall prevent the display of a representation
     of the American flag on the rear window of any motor vehicle, including
     any vehicle owned by a local or state government, provided that the
     representation does not exceed a size of five (5) inches by eight (8)
     inches and is placed in a lower corner of the rear window.

(11) The windshield on every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device
     for cleaning rain, snow or other moisture from the windshield. The device
     shall be so constructed as to be controlled by the operator of the vehicle.

(12) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the use of any
     window which is composed of, covered by, or treated with any material
     or component in a manner approved by federal statute or regulation if
     the window was a component part of a vehicle at the time of the vehicle
     manufacture, or the replacement of any window by a covering which meets
     these requirements.

Effective: July 15, 1994

 History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1994.
 History through 1968: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1,
 effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-69c.