Chapter 60. Motor Vehicles.


Nebrasa Window Tint Law


Windshield and windows; tinting; sunscreening; prohibited acts;
terms, defined.
LAW 60-6,257.




(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to drive a motor vehicle 
    required to be registered in this state upon a highway:

    (a) If the windows in such motor vehicle are tinted so
        that the driver's clear view through the windshield or side or
        rear windows is reduced or the ability to see into the motor
        vehicle is substantially impaired;

    (b) If the windshield has any sunscreening material
        that is not clear and transparent below the AS-1 line or if it
        has a sunscreening material that is red, yellow, or amber in
        color above the AS-1 line;

    (c) If the front side windows have any sunscreening or
        other transparent material that has a luminous reflectance of
        more than thirty-five percent or has light transmission of less
        than thirty-five percent;

        (d) If the rear window or side windows behind the front
        seat have sunscreening or other transparent material that has a
        luminous reflectance of more than thirty-five percent or has
        light transmission of less than twenty percent except for the
        rear window or side windows behind the front seat on a
        multipurpose vehicle, van, or bus; or

    (e) If the windows of a camper, motor home, pickup
        cover, slide-in camper, or other motor vehicle do not meet the
        standards for safety glazing material specified by federal law in
        49 C.F.R. 571.205.

(2) For purposes of this section and sections 60-6,258
    and 60-6,259:

    (a) AS-1 line shall mean a line extending from the
        letters AS-1, found on most motor vehicle windshields, running
        parallel to the top of the windshield or shall mean a line five
        inches below and parallel to the top of the windshield, whichever
        is closer to the top of the windshield;

    (b) Camper shall mean a structure designed to be
        mounted in the cargo area of a truck or attached to an incomplete
        vehicle with motive power for the purpose of providing shelter
        for persons;
    
    (c) Glass-plastic glazing material shall mean a
        laminate of one or more layers of glass and one or more layers of
        plastic in which a plastic surface of the glazing faces inward
        when the glazing is installed in a vehicle;

    (d) Light transmission shall mean the ratio of the
        amount of total light, expressed in percentages, which is allowed
        to pass through the sunscreening or transparent material to the
        amount of total light falling on the motor vehicle window;

    (e) Luminous reflectance shall mean the ratio of the
        amount of total light, expressed in percentages, which is
        reflected outward by the sunscreening or transparent material to
        the amount of total light falling on the motor vehicle window;

    (f) Motor home shall mean a multipurpose passenger
        vehicle that provides living accommodations;

    (g) Multipurpose vehicle shall mean a motor vehicle
        designed to carry ten or fewer passengers that is constructed on
        a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road
        use;

    (h) Pickup cover shall mean a camper having a roof and
        sides but without a floor designated to be mounted on and
        removable from the cargo area of a truck by the user;

    (i) Slide-in camper shall mean a camper having a roof,
        floor, and sides designed to be mounted on and removable from the
        cargo area of a truck by the user; and

    (j) Sunscreening material shall mean a film, material,
        tint or device applied to motor vehicle windows for the
        purpose of reducing the effects of the sun.