# Virginia · rear side windows — State Window Tint Darkness (VLT%) Limits by Window Position

For Virginia · rear side windows, jurisdiction is Virginia; window position is rear side windows; vlt min is 35 percent; condition is unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a mirror on each side of such motor vehicle, so located as to reflect to the driver of the vehicle a view of the highway for at least 200 feet to the rear of such vehicle; statute citation is Va. Code 46.2-1052(D)(1), recorded from its source on 2026-08-27.

- **jurisdiction:** Virginia _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **window position:** rear side windows _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **vlt min:** 35 percent _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **condition:** unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a mirror on each side of such motor vehicle, so located as to reflect to the driver of the vehicle a view of the highway for at least 200 feet to the rear of such vehicle _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **statute citation:** Va. Code 46.2-1052(D)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> D. Except as provided in § <https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/46.2-1053/> 46.2-1053 , but notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no sun-shading or tinting film may be applied or affixed to any window of a motor vehicle unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a mirror on each side of such motor vehicle, so located as to reflect to the driver of the vehicle a view of the highway for at least 200 feet to the rear of such vehicle, and the sun-shading or tinting film is applied or affixed in accordance with the following: 1. No sun-shading or tinting films may be applied or affixed to the rear side windows or rear window or windows of any motor vehicle operated on the highways of the Commonwealth that reduce the total light transmittance of such window to less than 35 percent;

## Source

- https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter10/section46.2-1052/

Last verified: 2026-08-27. Review by: 2027-02-23.
Part of [State Window Tint Darkness (VLT%) Limits by Window Position](https://referencesource.org/state-window-tint-vlt-limits/).