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26708. (a) (1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any
object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied
upon the windshield or side or rear windows.

(2) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any object or
material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied in or
upon the vehicle which obstructs or reduces the driver's clear
view through the windshield or side windows.

(3) This subdivision applies to a person driving a motor vehicle
with the driver's clear vision through the windshield, or side or
rear windows, obstructed by snow or ice.
(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Rearview mirrors.

(2) Adjustable nontransparent sunvisors which are mounted forward
of the side windows and are not attached to the glass.

(3) Signs, stickers, or other materials which are displayed in a
7-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed
from the driver, signs, stickers, or other materials which are
displayed in a 7-inch square in the lower corner of the rear window
farthest removed from the driver, or signs, stickers, or other materials
which are displayed in a 5-inch square in the lower corner of the
windshield nearest the driver.

(4) Side windows which are to the rear of the driver.

(5) Direction, destination, or termini signs upon a passenger common
carrier motor vehicle or a schoolbus, if those signs do not interfere
with the driver's clear view of approaching traffic.

(6) Rear window wiper motor.

(7) Rear trunk lid handle or hinges.

(8) The rear window or windows, when 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.

 

Hmmm... I think you have to peel off the tint if you get ticketed for it. It's a fix it ticket so the cops will not sign it unless 1.) you pull it off, 2) you have a valide docotor's note stating that your skin condition requires a window tint or 3) your window tint film is within 70% of light transmission per state law.

This chart spells it out:
http://www.iwfa.com/iwfa/Law_Chart/S...aw%20Chart.htm

 

Yes, tint is considered a fix-it ticket. With a previous vehicle I'd been stopped numerous times and cited for this. With friends and family in the police force I would just have them sign off the tickets. I got away with this for a few years until I was pulled over by one of the same California Highway Patrolman that pulled me over for the same infraction a few months earlier. Instead of handing me a ticket he handed me a glass scraper and made me remove part of the tint on each of the front side windows. I was a bit ticked, but at the same time I understand where he was coming from and why the law exists.

Moral of the story-keep it legal and keep it on.

 

Yes, tint is considered a fix-it ticket. With a previous vehicle I'd been stopped numerous times and cited for this. With friends and family in the police force I would just have them sign off the tickets. I got away with this for a few years until I was pulled over by one of the same California Highway Patrolman that pulled me over for the same infraction a few months earlier. Instead of handing me a ticket he handed me a glass scraper and made me remove part of the tint on each of the front side windows. I was a bit ticked, but at the same time I understand where he was coming from and why the law exists.

Moral of the story-keep it legal and keep it on.