Window Tint Laws in New Jersey

Laws change. Verify current requirements with your local DMV/RMV before choosing or installing film. This is not legal advice.

VLT is visible light transmission: lower percentages mean darker windows. A film's labeled shade is not necessarily the finished glass-plus-film reading. The limits below cover ordinary passenger cars unless stated otherwise.

Front side windows: No aftermarket sunscreening without MVC medical exemption under MVC guidance; no general numerical VLT permission asserted.
Rear side windows: No numerical VLT minimum established by the cited official opinion for noncommercial passenger vehicles; rear tint allowed, subject to general visibility and safety requirements.
Back window: No numerical VLT minimum established by the cited official opinion for noncommercial passenger vehicles; rear tint allowed, subject to general visibility and safety requirements.
Windshield strip: No aftermarket sunscreening without MVC medical exemption under MVC guidance; no general numerical or top-strip permission asserted.

Vehicle class and conditions

Measurement basis: Non-numeric restrictions; no general VLT percentage established by these sources

SUV, van and multipurpose-vehicle rear sides: For a noncommercial passenger-use MPV, see passenger-vehicle rear-tint qualification; commercial inspection rules are separate, not an unrestricted exemption.

SUV, van and multipurpose-vehicle back window: For a noncommercial passenger-use MPV, see passenger-vehicle rear-tint qualification; commercial inspection rules are separate, not an unrestricted exemption.

State v. Smith (June 28, 2022) quotes section 39:3-74: nontransparent material is prohibited on specified front glazing, and construction/equipment/loading must not unduly interfere with driver vision to the front and sides. Rear-side wording is a qualified application of that front-only scope, not a separate numeric allowance.
Smith holds section 39:3-75 concerns safety glazing quality/maintenance, not aftermarket tint film. Its rear-window holding allows tint on passenger vehicles whether or not equipped with exterior side mirrors.
Do not confuse the police-stop threshold in Smith (front tint so dark that occupants/articles cannot clearly be seen) with affirmative permission to install front tint. MVC says front sunscreening requires medical approval before installation.
Smith identifies section 13:20-33.7 as commercial-vehicle inspection rules: its rear tint provision requires an exterior mirror on each side and only partial obscuration. The opinion says those inspection requirements ceased applying to noncommercial passenger vehicles in 2013.
Direct Legislature statute URLs tried returned 404; statutory text and interpretation here are supported by the official Supreme Court opinion, not a proposed bill or an industry chart.

Sources and verification

Official source: MVC medical guidance and State Supreme Court opinion quoting and interpreting statutes. Reviewed 2026-10-29. Laws and agency guidance can change after this review.

Laws change. Verify current requirements with your local DMV/RMV before choosing or installing film. This is not legal advice.