Window Banners Laws by State
Compare window banners regulations across all 50 states.
| State | Status | Key limits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Conditional | Placement rule: A transparent strip is allowed on the uppermost 6 inches of the windshield, and it may not be red or amber. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Alaska | Conditional | Placement rule: An 'eyebrow' strip along the top edge is allowed, extending no more than 5 inches down, and it must be non-reflective. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Arizona | Conditional | Placement rule: Transparent material is allowed on the topmost portion, with its bottom edge at least 29 inches above the undepressed driver's seat, and it may not be red or amber. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Arkansas | Conditional | Placement rule: A 5-inch 'eyebrow' strip measured down from the top center of the windshield is allowed. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| California | Conditional | Placement rule: Transparent material is allowed on the topmost portion, with its bottom edge at least 29 inches above the undepressed driver's seat, and it may not be red or amber. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Colorado | Conditional | Placement rule: Non-transparent material is allowed with its bottom edge no more than 4 inches from the top of the windshield; it may not be red or amber and must not create glare. Printed banner allowed: Yes Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Connecticut | Conditional | Placement rule: Transparent material is allowed on the topmost portion, with its bottom edge at least 29 inches above the undepressed driver's seat, and it may not be red or amber. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Delaware | Conditional | Placement rule: Transparent products are allowed along the top edge as long as they do not encroach on the AS-1 portion of the windshield. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Florida | Conditional | Placement rule: Transparent sunscreening is allowed along a strip at the top, as long as it does not encroach on the AS-1 portion. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Georgia | Conditional | Placement rule: A transparent item is allowed on the uppermost 6 inches, and it may not be red or amber. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Hawaii | Conditional | Placement rule: Transparent film only along the top edge, not encroaching on the AS-1 area, or within 4 inches of the top if unmarked — and FMVSS-205-compliant transparent sun-screening may now cover the AS-1 portion itself. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Idaho | Conditional | Placement rule: Non-reflective tint or sunscreening may not extend below the AS-1 line, or below 6 inches from the top on windshields with no AS-1 line. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Illinois | Conditional | Placement rule: Non-reflective tinted film is allowed in the top 6 inches only. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Indiana | Conditional | Placement rule: A strip is allowed on the uppermost part of the windshield, extending no further down than the AS-1 line. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Iowa | Illegal | Placement rule: Iowa allows no aftermarket windshield strip — the windshield must permit clear vision and transmit at least 70% of light. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: No | Details → |
| Kansas | Conditional | Placement rule: Sunscreening is allowed along the top of the windshield only and may not extend below the AS-1 line; it must be non-reflective and may not be red, yellow, or amber. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Kentucky | Conditional | Placement rule: Transparent sunscreening is allowed along a strip at the top, as long as it does not encroach on the AS-1 portion. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Louisiana | Conditional | Placement rule: Transparent material is allowed on the topmost portion, extending no more than 5 inches down, and it may not be red or amber. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Maine | Conditional | Placement rule: Sun-screening or tinting is allowed above the AS-1 line, or along a 5-inch strip at the top on windshields with no AS-1 line. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Maryland | Conditional | Placement rule: Tinting may not extend below the AS-1 line or below 5 inches from the top, so a strip above whichever applies is allowed. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Massachusetts | Conditional | Placement rule: Transparent material is limited to the uppermost 6 inches and must not encroach on the driver's forward viewing area. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Michigan | Conditional | Placement rule: Tinted film is allowed along the top edge, no more than 4 inches from the top or below the factory shade band, whichever is closer to the top. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Minnesota | Illegal | Placement rule: Minnesota allows no aftermarket windshield strip — any material that reduces windshield light transmittance is prohibited. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: No | Details → |
| Mississippi | Illegal | Placement rule: Mississippi allows no aftermarket windshield strip — tinted film, glazing, or darkening material on the windshield is prohibited apart from the manufacturer-authorized sun shield. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: No | Details → |
| Missouri | Illegal | Placement rule: Missouri allows no aftermarket windshield strip — all sun-screening devices on the windshield are prohibited apart from the factory-tinted upper portion of the safety glass. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: No | Details → |
| Montana | Conditional | Placement rule: No sign, poster, or non-transparent material may obstruct vision through the windshield, and sunscreening must be clear and transparent below the AS-1 line — confining any strip to the area above that line. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Nebraska | Conditional | Placement rule: Sunscreening must be clear and transparent below the AS-1 line and may not be red, yellow, or amber above it. Nebraska defines the AS-1 line as the AS-1 mark or a line 5 inches below the top, whichever is closer to the top. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Nevada | Conditional | Placement rule: Nevada bars any sign, poster, or non-transparent material on the windshield that obstructs the driver's clear view, with one exception: a 6-inch-square area in the lower corner farthest from the driver. Tinted transparent material is allowed only on the uppermost portion with its bottom edge at least 29 inches above the undepressed driver's seat. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| New Hampshire | Conditional | Placement rule: Aftermarket windshield tint is prohibited except a strip no wider than 6 inches at the very top, and that strip must still pass at least 35% light — which an opaque banner cannot. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| New Jersey | Illegal | Placement rule: New Jersey bars any sign, poster, sticker, or other non-transparent material on the front windshield and front side windows, except items required by law. There is no top-strip or AS-1 allowance. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: No | Details → |
| New Mexico | Conditional | Placement rule: Sunscreening is allowed at the top of the windshield only — not below the AS-1 line or more than 5 inches from the top, whichever is closer to the top — and must be non-reflective and not red, yellow, or amber. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| New York | Conditional | Placement rule: The windshield must pass at least 70% light unless the material is limited to the uppermost 6 inches. New York uses inches, not an AS-1 line. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| North Carolina | Conditional | Placement rule: Tint may not extend more than 5 inches below the top of the windshield or below the AS-1 line, whichever measurement is longer. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| North Dakota | Conditional | Placement rule: No sign, poster, or non-transparent material may obstruct the driver's clear view, and windshield material must pass at least 70% light — except that non-reflective sunscreening above the AS-1 line or within the top 5 inches is exempt. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Ohio | Conditional | Placement rule: Material along the top of the windshield is unregulated as long as it does not extend below the AS-1 line or 5 inches from the top, whichever is closer to the top. Printed banner allowed: Yes Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Oklahoma | Conditional | Placement rule: Sunscreening is allowed along the top only — not below the AS-1 line or more than 5 inches from the top, whichever is closer to the top. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Oregon | Conditional | Placement rule: Tinting material may be applied to the top 6 inches of the windshield and to no other portion. Oregon uses inches, not an AS-1 line. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Pennsylvania | Conditional | Placement rule: Top-edge products are allowed only if transparent, not encroaching on the AS-1 portion, and no more than 3 inches from the top. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Rhode Island | Conditional | Placement rule: Non-transparent or sunscreen material may not cover the front windshield; the only exemption is transparent material limited to the uppermost 6 inches. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| South Carolina | Conditional | Placement rule: A sunscreening device may be used only along the top of the windshield and may not extend below the AS-1 line. If the AS-1 line is not visible, no sunscreening device may be applied to the windshield at all. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| South Dakota | Conditional | Placement rule: No sunscreening material may obstruct or reduce the driver's clear view, and film may not extend below the AS-1 line or the lowest point of the sun visor. Printed banner allowed: only if it does not obstruct the driver's clear view Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Tennessee | Illegal | Placement rule: Apart from the manufacturer's standard installed shade band, no material may reduce windshield light transmittance below 70% — so an aftermarket banner is not permitted. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: No | Details → |
| Texas | Conditional | Placement rule: A windshield sunscreening device may not extend below the AS-1 line or more than 5 inches from the top of the windshield, whichever is closer to the top. Printed banner allowed: Yes Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Utah | Conditional | Placement rule: Non-transparent material is allowed along the top edge if it does not extend more than 4 inches down or beyond the AS-1 line, whichever is lowest. A lower-left-corner patch of 3 by 4 inches is also allowed. Printed banner allowed: Yes Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Vermont | Illegal | Placement rule: No material may be painted or adhered on or over any transparent part of the windshield except enumerated items: a lower-right-corner area up to 4 by 12 inches, an upper-left-corner area up to 2 by 2.5 inches, required stickers, and transponders. There is no top-strip banner allowance. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: No | Details → |
| Virginia | Illegal | Placement rule: It is unlawful to operate with any sign, poster, or colored or tinted film on the windshield except as required by law. No sun-shading film may be applied except to replace the manufacturer-installed sunshield in the uppermost area, and clear UV film meeting FMVSS 205 is excepted. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: No | Details → |
| Washington | Conditional | Placement rule: Greater light reduction is allowed along the top edge only if the product is transparent and does not encroach on the AS-1 portion or extend more than 6 inches from the top. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| West Virginia | Conditional | Placement rule: A sun-screening device may be used only along the top of the windshield and may not extend below the AS-1 line or more than 5 inches from the top, whichever is closer to the top; it must be non-reflective and not red, yellow, or amber. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Wisconsin | Conditional | Placement rule: Tinting film or other non-transparent material may be applied to the inside of the windshield only where it is both outside the windshield critical area and above the AS-1 mark. If the windshield bears no AS-1 mark, no film may be attached at all. Printed banner allowed: Yes Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
| Wyoming | Conditional | Placement rule: A sunscreening device may be used only along the top of the windshield and may not extend below the AS-1 line or more than 5 inches from the top, whichever is closer to the top. Printed banner allowed: No Windshield strip allowed: Yes | Details → |
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