Code of Alabama §32-5C-2
Alabama Window Tint Law
How dark you can legally tint each window of a car, SUV, van or pickup in Alabama, in plain words.
Legal tint in Alabama
How dark is legal tint in Alabama?
Alabama measures tint by how much light gets through the glass and film together. On a car, every side window and the back window must let through at least 32% of light, with a 3% allowance for the meter.
SUVs, vans and pickups follow the same 32% rule on the two front side windows. Behind the driver, any shade is legal.
On every vehicle, the windshield can only take a non-reflective strip along the top 6 inches, and no film can reflect more than 20% of light.
32%The darkest a car’s side and back windows can go in Alabama.
| Window | Cars | SUVs, vans and pickups |
|---|---|---|
| Front side windows | 32% or lighter | 32% or lighter |
| Back side windows | 32% or lighter | Any shade |
| Back window | 32% or lighter | Any shade |
| Windshield | A strip on the top 6 inches | A strip on the top 6 inches |
For a car. On SUVs, vans and pickups the back side windows and back window can be any shade.
Each window’s limit
Alabama tint law for each window
Windshield
A non-reflective strip along the top 6 inches only, on every vehicle.
Front side windows
At least 32% of light through, on cars, SUVs, vans and pickups alike.
Back side windows
Cars: at least 32%. SUVs, vans and pickups: any shade.
Back window
Cars: at least 32%. SUVs, vans and pickups: any shade.
Reflection
No film on any window can reflect more than 20% of light.
Medical exemptions
Darker film for a medical condition is allowed under Code of Alabama §32-5C-4. Bring the paperwork when you book.
In Union’s shades that means 35%, 50% or 70% on every window of a car, and any shade behind the driver on an SUV, van or pickup.
We check your vehicle against the law before any film is cut, so the shade you leave with is legal.
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Yes. A 35% film lets more than 32% of light through, so it is legal on every window of a car, and on the front side windows of an SUV, van or pickup.
Not on a car’s windows. On an SUV, van or pickup, 20% is legal on the windows behind the driver; the front side windows must stay at 32% or lighter.
Only a non-reflective strip along the top 6 inches. The rest of the windshield stays clear.
Yes. On SUVs, vans and pickups, the windows behind the driver can be any shade. The front side windows follow the same 32% rule as a car.
Alabama allows a medical exemption under Code of Alabama §32-5C-4. Ask your doctor, and bring the paperwork when you book so we fit the right film.
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