Window Tint Laws in Tennessee
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.
Current state-specific limits have not yet been verified against official law. Do not use a shade chart as approval to install.
- Front side windows
- Current rule requires verification with your DMV/RMV; see sources below.
- Rear side windows
- Current rule requires verification with your DMV/RMV; see sources below.
- Back window
- Current rule requires verification with your DMV/RMV; see sources below.
- Windshield strip
- Current rule requires verification with your DMV/RMV; see sources below.
Sources and verification
- Complete current official window-specific rules could not be confirmed. Numerical recommendations are withheld rather than copied from historical laws or third-party tint charts.
- https://safetysupport.tn.gov/hc/en-us/articles/25774483753619-How-do-I-obtain-a-window-tint-exemption
- https://www.tn.gov/commerce/regboards/mvc/rules-laws/laws.html
Laws change. Verify current requirements with your local DMV/RMV before choosing or installing film. This is not legal advice.