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

For New York · rear window, jurisdiction is New York; window position is rear window; vlt min is seventy percent; condition is A rear window may have a light transmittance of less than seventy percent if the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors on both sides of the vehicle so adjusted that the driver thereof shall have a clear and full view of the road and condition of traffic behind such vehicle; statute citation is N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law 375(12-a)(b)(4), recorded from its source on 2026-08-27.

- **jurisdiction:** New York _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **window position:** rear window _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **vlt min:** seventy percent _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **condition:** A rear window may have a light transmittance of less than seventy percent if the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors on both sides of the vehicle so adjusted that the driver thereof shall have a clear and full view of the road and condition of traffic behind such vehicle. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **statute citation:** N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law 375(12-a)(b)(4) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (4) the rear window of which is composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent. A rear window may have a light transmittance of less than seventy percent if the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors on both sides of the vehicle so adjusted that the driver thereof shall have a clear and full view of the road and condition of traffic behind such vehicle.

## Source

- https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/VAT/375

Last verified: 2026-08-27. Review by: 2027-02-23.
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