Walk It Through: The Tinted Window Stop
Dark film beside the driver, a license and an insurance card, and a request to search.
A patrol car follows a sedan with dark film on the front side windows and pulls it over.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One stop over tint and paperwork. A frisk, a dog sniff, an arrest and a commercial vehicle inspection are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Certificate of insuranceThe certificate of insurance or other proof of security, which the insured carries in the vehicle and presents at inspection.
- Consent formThe form that records an operator's written consent to a vehicle search, stating that the operator may refuse, is consenting freely and voluntarily, and may withdraw consent at any time during the search.
- Recorded oral consentAn operator's spoken consent to a search, evidenced by an audio recording. On a traffic misdemeanor stop, a search needs probable cause or another lawful basis, written consent on the form, or this.
- Sun-screening deviceTint film on a vehicle's glass. Beside the driver it has a light transmission of not less than thirty-five percent and a reflectivity of not more than twenty percent.