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

39-21-39. Windshield - Must be unobstructed and equipped with wipers - Tinted 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.