Windshields and windows must be unobstructed—Tinted windows.
Fargo Municipal Code § 8-0906
in effect8-0906. - Windshields and windows must be unobstructed—Tinted windows.
A. No individual shall drive upon a street or highway any vehicle with any frost, condensation, sign, poster, lumber, cardboard, metal, or other nontransparent material upon, or in place of, the front windshield, side wings, or side or rear windows of such motor vehicle, other than a certificate or other paper required to be so displayed by law.
B. An individual may not operate a motor vehicle with any object or any material or tinting displayed, affixed, or applied on the front windshield or on 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 (70%) 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 (35%). This subsection does not apply to windows behind the operator if the motor vehicle is equipped with outside mirrors on both sides that meet the requirements of North Dakota Cent. Code section 39-21-38.
Source: 1952 Rev. Ord. 1119 (1962), 2431 (1989), 4038 (2000), 4351 (2003), 5515 (2025).
Source: City of Fargo, North Dakota, Fargo Municipal Code and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nd/fargo/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=FARGO_MUNICIPAL_CODECIFANODA_CH8TRCO_ART8-09EQVEIZWEHELORE_8-0906WIWIMUBEUNINWIFetched: 11/7/2026