Window tint laws in Mississippi (2026)

The rules, window by window

Windshield

Windows may not be tinted or darkened unless the windshield carries a certification label; the windshield itself may carry material designed to replace or provide a sun shield in the uppermost area as authorized to be installed by manufacturers under federal law (Miss. Code Ann. 63-7-59(1)-(2)).

The standard in the law's own words

The rule is framed as a certification requirement: no person may drive a registered vehicle with any window tinted or darkened, by tinted film or otherwise, unless the windshield bears a label certifying that all windows have a light transmittance of 28% or more, or the operator holds a medical exemption certificate (Miss. Code Ann. 63-7-59(2)).

Medical exemption

A person diagnosed by a Mississippi licensed physician as having a physical condition or disease seriously aggravated by minimum exposure to sunlight may obtain a medical exemption certificate (Miss. Code Ann. 63-7-59(4)). The statute text reviewed does not state a specific minimum transmittance under the exemption.

Enforcement

Compliance is certified through official tint inspection stations, which test light transmittance and affix a pressure-sensitive, self-destructive label (no larger than one inch square) to the lower left corner of the windshield, legible from outside the vehicle; a 5 dollar test fee applies, split between the station and the Department of Public Safety (Miss. Code Ann. 63-7-59(6)).

Notes

The 28% floor applies uniformly to all windows of passenger cars and is stated as the transmittance of the window (combined), not film-only. Per subsection (3), on pickup trucks, vans, and sport utility vehicles any window behind the front two side windows, including the rear window, may be tinted per federal standards (no state floor); school buses, public transit buses, certain nonprofit vehicles, limousines, and government-owned law enforcement or fire department vehicles are also excepted. No reflectance limit, color ban, or measurement tolerance was identified in the section text reviewed. Primary-source note: the official Mississippi Code portal remains served through a LexisNexis interface (advance.lexis.com) that cannot be fetched by automated tools; the FindLaw full-text reproduction of Miss. Code Ann. 63-7-59 was re-fetched and re-read in this pass and the 28% figure, the pickup/van/SUV/motor-home/recreational-vehicle rear-window exception, and the physician-affidavit medical exemption process were all re-confirmed word for word. On the flagged gap (second independent source): this pass additionally checked the 28% figure and the medical-exemption process against the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau's own official page, which independently states the same 28% floor and describes the tint waiver as 'an affidavit signed personally by the applicant and signed and attested by a physician,' free of charge, displayed on the dashboard -- consistent in substance with the FindLaw reproduction of the statute. This DPS page is the enforcing state agency's own official guidance (not the literal codified text, but an independent official-government confirmation of the same figure and process), and closes the gap to the extent obtainable without access to the Lexis-gated official Code.