Nevada requires nonreflective front side windows meeting its 35% standard. Its darker-rear exception depends on two outside mirrors, and its windshield strip uses a seat-based measurement.
Read the official sources ↓Rules by window
| Window | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Windshield | A transparent topmost strip is allowed if its bottom edge stays at least 29 inches above the specified point on the undepressed driver’s seat, fully back and down, on level ground. The strip cannot be red or amber. |
| Front side | Nonreflective, with total transmission of at least 35%, subject to the statutory 7-point tolerance. |
| Rear side | No numeric VLT minimum under the exception, if both outside mirrors provide a view at least 200 feet behind the vehicle. |
| Rear window | The same two-mirror exception applies; no numeric VLT minimum is stated in that exception. |
Special situations
The ordinary tint provision applies to vehicles required to be registered in Nevada. It preserves qualifying federally lawful original equipment and has a narrow operation exception for model-year 1993-or-older vehicles tinted before July 1, 1993.
Medical approval
Nevada’s exemption process requires an application, vehicle and installed-transmission information, and the required sworn statements. Medical applicants need their treating physician’s statement and their own statement that they are the primary driver. The Highway Patrol application says no exemption below 20% VLT will be approved and that approval must be carried in the vehicle.
Before you rely on this guide
This is general information, not legal advice, a vehicle inspection, or permission to install a particular film. Exceptions and enforcement procedures can depend on your circumstances.
- The windshield strip uses the statute’s seat-based measurement, not a general AS-1 boundary. The cited ordinary statute requires nonreflective front glass without giving a numerical reflectance limit.
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Official sources
- Nevada Revised Statutes 484D.440 ↗
Official statutory text, including combined measurement, mirror conditions, and windshield geometry.
- Nevada Administrative Code 484D.280–290 ↗
Official exemption application requirements; specified heavy vehicles subject to federal requirements cannot apply.
- Nevada Highway Patrol window tint exemption application ↗
Official application states the 20% approval floor and carry-in-vehicle requirement.