# Michigan · windshield — State Window Tint Darkness (VLT%) Limits by Window Position

For Michigan · windshield, jurisdiction is Michigan; window position is windshield; condition is a tinted film may be used along the top edge of the windshield and the side windows or sidewings immediately adjacent to the driver or front passenger if the material does not extend more than 4 inches from the top of the windshield, or lower than the shade band, whichever is closer to the top of the windshield; statute citation is Mich. Comp. Laws 257.709(1)(a), recorded from its source on 2026-08-27.

- **jurisdiction:** Michigan _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **window position:** windshield _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **condition:** a tinted film may be used along the top edge of the windshield and the side windows or sidewings immediately adjacent to the driver or front passenger if the material does not extend more than 4 inches from the top of the windshield, or lower than the shade band, whichever is closer to the top of the windshield _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **statute citation:** Mich. Comp. Laws 257.709(1)(a) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) A sign, poster, nontransparent material, window application, reflective film, or nonreflective film upon or in the front windshield, the side windows immediately adjacent to the driver or front passenger, or the sidewings adjacent to and forward of the driver or front passenger, except that a tinted film may be used along the top edge of the windshield and the side windows or sidewings immediately adjacent to the driver or front passenger if the material does not extend more than 4 inches from the top of the windshield, or lower than the shade band, whichever is closer to the top of the windshield.

## Source

- https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=MCL-257-709

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/).