Kansas Tint Laws
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Kansas Tint Laws
Kansas tint laws were first enacted well over three decades ago back in 1987. In the intermittent years, rules governing auto tint in the state have changed a few times, often in response to the development of new window film products and technologies as the science behind tinting improves.
To understand how dark your window tinting can be in Kansas, you need to know about visible light transmission, or VLT as it is abbreviated in most cases. VLT is the amount of light (in the visible spectrum – tint can block all UV and IR solar energy without regulation) that can pass through the tinted window and dictates how clear or how dark the window looks. The smaller the VLT number, the less light gets through, and thus the darker the window, so a 5% VLT tinted window is much darker than a 95% VLT window.
You also need to know that in Kansas some window tints that of legal light transmission are still outlawed because of reflectivity, or how much they act like mirrors reflecting away visible light, as well as certain colors of tint being illegal in Kansas.
Fortunately, Kansas tint laws are overall quite straightforward and unlike in most states, tint laws in Kansas apply cars, trucks, SUVs, and vans all equally. Thus going forward know that any automotive term, such as car or vehicle, applies to any privately owned car, truck, SUV, or van registered in the state of Kansas regardless of type or size.
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suvs, trucks, & vans
Front Windows
All Vehicles
35% Tint (VLT%)
Rear Passenger Windows
Includes rear window and rear passenger
Any shade of tint can be used for trucks, SUVs, and vans ONLY
Rear Window
Includes rear window and rear passenger windows
Any shade of tint can be used for trucks, SUVs, and vans ONLY
Windshield Visor
ALL VEHICLE TYPES
Any shade of tint can be used from the AS1 Line up. This is the line extending from the letters AS-1, found on most motor vehicle windshields, running parallel to the top of the windshield.
sedans & coupes
Front Windows
ALL VEHICLE TYPES
Includes Trucks, SUVs, Vans, Sedans, Coupes, & Hatchbacks
35% Tint (VLT%)
Rear Passenger Windows
for Sedans, Coupes, & Hatchbacks
35% Tint (VLT%)
Rear Window
for Sedans, Coupes, & Hatchbacks
35% Tint (VLT%)
Windshield Visor
ALL VEHICLE TYPES
Any shade of tint can be used from the AS1 Line up. This is the line extending from the letters AS-1, found on most motor vehicle windshields, running parallel to the top of the windshield.
% of Tint or Visible light transmission (VLT) is the measurement used to assess the amount of light passing through a piece of glass. This is the percent of visible light that passes through the film and glass to give you a net transmission percentage. The lower the VLT%, the darker the window.
Law Enforcement uses a tint meter which measures the Visible Light Transmittance (VLT) of window film and glass for illegal tint.
Windshield: Several states allow medical exemptions for drivers or passengers who frequently travel in the vehicle. These exemptions usually require a licensed physician in that state to sign a waiver. Please visit your states .gov site for details.
AS-1 Line: This is the line extending from the letters AS-1, found on most motor vehicle windshields, running parallel to the top of the windshield.
Kansas Statutes sections 8-1749a through 8-1749c: One-way glass and sun-screening devices. (in “Table of Contents” select “Chapter 8: Automobiles and Other Vehicles,” then “Article 17: Uniform Act Regulating Traffic: Equipment of Vehicles”)
Click above to download the Nationwide Medical Exemptions Window Tinting Directory.
If you’re driving a truck or SUV built in the last decade, chances are it’s equipped with factory tinted glass on all windows behind the front doors.
Many owners of vehicles like this often choose to only have the front windows tinted to match the back because they believe that they are already set with the rear windows.
UV Protection
While this factory tint improves the looks of the vehicle, and offers rear passengers some privacy, it does very little to help reduce the heat entering through the glass or protect them from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
Heat Rejection
The same also goes for heat rejection. Some assume that the level of heat rejection they will on the front glass is already present in the rear glass because of the factory tint. Nothing can be further from the truth. Other than having the tinted look, these windows do very little to stop the heat.
To find out what options you have to protecting your passengers and vehicles interior, click here.