Oklahoma Statute 47-12-422. Window Tint Law



 A.  As used in this section:
    1.  "Glass coating material" or "sunscreening devices" means
        materials, films, applications or devices which are used in
        conjunction with approved vehicle glazing materials for the purpose
        of reducing the effects of sun;
    2.  "Light transmission" means the percentage of total light
        which is allowed to pass through a window;
    3.  "Luminous reflectance" means the ratio of the amount of total
        light, expressed in percentages, which is reflected outward by the
        glass coating material or sunscreening device to the amount of total
        light falling on the glass coating material;
    4.  "Manufacturer" means:
         a.   a person who engages in the manufacturing or assembling
              of sunscreening devices, or
         b.   a person who fabricates, laminates, or tempers glazing
              materials, incorporating the capacity to reflect or to
              reduce the transmittance of light during the
              manufacturing process;
    5.  "Multipurpose vehicle" means any vehicle capable of carrying
        goods or persons and which is manufactured on a truck frame; and
    6.  "Window" means the windshield, side or rear glass of a motor
        vehicle, including any glazing material, glass coating or
        sunscreening device.
 B.  It is unlawful for a person to sell, install, or to operate a
     motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed,
     installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear
     windows, or with any object or material so placed, displayed,
     installed, affixed, or applied in or upon the motor vehicle so as to
     obstruct or reduce a driver's clear view through the windshield or
     side or rear windows, except as provided by this section.
 C.  It is unlawful for any person to place, install, affix, or
     apply any transparent material upon the windshield or side or rear
     windows of any motor vehicle if such material alters the color or
     reduces the light transmittance of such windshield or side or rear
     windows except as provided in this section.
 D.  This section shall not apply to:
    1.  Side or back windows that have a substance or material in
        conjunction with glazing material that has a light transmission of
        at least twenty-five percent (25%) and a luminous reflectance of at
        most twenty-five percent (25%);
    2.  Front side wing vents and windows that have a substance or
        material not attached in conjunction with glazing material which is
        used by a vehicle operator on a moving vehicle during daylight hours;
    3.  Rearview mirrors;
    4.  Adjustable nontransparent sun visors which are mounted
        forward of the side windows and are not attached to the glass;
    5.  Signs, stickers, or other materials which are displayed in a
        forty-nine-square-inch area in the lower corner of the windshield
        farthest removed from the driver or signs, stickers, or other
        materials which are displayed in a forty-nine-square-inch area in the
        lower corner of the windshield nearest the driver;
    6.  Direction, designation, or termination signs on buses, if the
        signs do not interfere with the driver's clear view of approaching
        traffic;
    7.  Rear window wiper motors;
    8.  Rear window defrosters or defoggers;
    9.  Rear truck lid handle or hinges;
   10.  Side windows to the rear of the driver or back windows that
        have a substance or material in conjunction with glazing material
        that has a light transmission of at least ten percent (10%) and a
        luminous reflectance of at most twenty-five percent (25%) on all
        vehicles manufactured prior to 1996 year models, if the motor vehicle
        is equipped with outside mirrors on both left and right hand sides of
        the vehicle that are so located as to reflect to the driver a view of
        the highway through each mirror for a distance of at least two
        hundred (200) feet to the rear of the motor vehicle;
   11.  Transparent material which is installed, affixed, or applied
        to the topmost portion of the windshield if:
         a.   it does not extend downward beyond the AS-1 line or
              more than five (5) inches from the top of the
              windshield, whichever is closer to the top of the
              windshield, and
         b.   the material is not red or amber in color;
   12.  All windows to the rear of the driver's seat in a vehicle
        licensed as a bus, as defined by Section 1-105 of this title, or a
        taxicab, as defined by Section 1-174 of this title; and
   13.  Vehicles not subject to registration in the State of
        Oklahoma.
 E.  This section shall not prohibit the use and placement of
     federal, state, or political subdivision certificates on any window
     as are required by applicable laws.
 F.  Louvered materials, when installed as designed, shall not
     reduce the area of the driver's visibility below fifty percent (50%)
     as measured on a horizontal plane.  When such materials are used in
     conjunction with the rear window, the measurement shall be made based
     upon the driver's view from inside the rearview mirror.
 G.  Each manufacturer shall certify to the Commissioner of Public
     Safety that the product or material he manufactures or assembles is
     in compliance with the reflectivity and transmittance requirements of
     this section.
 H.  A person who sells or installs objects or materials regulated
     by this section shall set forth in a written statement, which shall
     be a part of the contract for sale or installation, that the
     installation of such object or material to the driver's or
     passenger's side window may be illegal in some states.  Such notice
     shall be in bold-face type.
 I.  The Commissioner of Public Safety, upon application from a
     person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct
     rays of the sun, supported by written attestation of such fact from a
     physician licensed pursuant to Section 495 of Title 59 of the
     Oklahoma Statutes, may issue an exemption from the provisions of this
     section for a motor vehicle belonging to such person or in which such
     person is a habitual passenger.  Any person may operate a vehicle or
     alter the color or reduce the light transmitted through the side or
     rear windows of a vehicle in accordance with an exemption issued by
     the Commissioner.
 J.  Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon
     conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as
     provided for in Section 17-101 of this title.
 K.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to implements
     of husbandry as defined by this title.
 L.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to automobile
     manufacturers that comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
     205 or to multipurpose vehicles with windows that are in compliance
     with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205, regardless of whether
     the glass coating material or sunscreening device is added by the
     automobile manufacturer or a manufacturer as defined by this section.
 M.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to law
     enforcement vehicles which are owned by the state or a political
     subdivision thereof.