# California · rear window — State Window Tint Darkness (VLT%) Limits by Window Position

For California · rear window, jurisdiction is California; window position is rear window; condition is The rear window or windows, if the motor vehicle is equipped with outside mirrors on both the 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 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle; statute citation is Cal. Veh. Code 26708(b)(8), recorded from its source on 2026-08-27.

- **jurisdiction:** California _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **window position:** rear window _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **condition:** The rear window or windows, if the motor vehicle is equipped with outside mirrors on both the 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 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **statute citation:** Cal. Veh. Code 26708(b)(8) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (8) The rear window or windows, if the motor vehicle is equipped with outside mirrors on both the 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 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.

## Source

- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH&sectionNum=26708

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/).