§ 39-21-39 — Windshield - Must be unobstructed and equipped with wipers - Tinted windows

North Dakota § 39-21-39

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 39: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 39-21: Equipment of Vehicles

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windows.
1. A motor vehicle must be equipped with a windshield. An individual may not drive any
motor vehicle with any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon the front
windshield, side wings, or side or rear windows which obstructs the driver's clear view
of the highway or any intersecting highway.
2. The windshield on a motor vehicle must be equipped with a device for cleaning rain,
snow, or other moisture from the windshield, which must be constructed as to be
controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle.
3. The windshield wiper upon a motor vehicle must be maintained in good working order.
4. An individual may not operate a motor vehicle with any object, material, or tinting
displayed, affixed, or applied on the front windshield or any window unless the object,
material, or tinting in conjunction with the windshield upon which it is displayed, affixed,
or applied has a light transmittance of at least seventy percent or the object, material,
or tinting in conjunction with a window other than the windshield upon which it is
displayed, affixed, or applied has a light transmittance of at least thirty-five percent.
This subsection does not apply to windows behind the operator if the motor vehicle is
equipped with outside mirrors on both sides which meet the requirements of section
39-21-38.
5. Subsection 4 does not apply to nonreflective sunscreening or window tinting material
above the AS-1 line or within the top five inches [12.7 centimeters] of the windshield.