Window Banners in South Carolina
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. Because the material must be transparent, a printed or opaque banner is not legal in South Carolina — only a clear tint band.
Verified against primary sources · August 2026
What the law says
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. Because the material must be transparent, a printed or opaque banner is not legal in South Carolina — only a clear tint band. South Carolina is unusual in having no inch-based fallback — no visible AS-1 line means nothing is allowed.
Specific Limits
- 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
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