$30,000 fine for illegal use, installation of tint

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$30,000 fine for illegal use, installation of tint

Jan 15, 2026 News

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday announced that a $30,000 fine is attached to the illegal installation of tint on motor vehicles.

In the release, the ministry said anyone who operates or permits a motor vehicle to be operated with tint darker than the legal limit commits an offense. Penalty on summary of conviction is $30,000.

Regarding illegal installation, business persons who install or offers to install tint above the legal limit, will be committing an offence and will on summary of conviction be subjected to a $30,000 fine.

Minister of Home Affairs Oneidge Walrond on December 30, 2025 announced that motorists will be allowed to install tint at 20-25 percent, with a three-month window to become compliant.

The announcement came almost a month after the government walked back on a new 35 per cent tint regime which was expected to come into force on December 31, 2025. Walrond had said adjustments were made and the new regulation would come into force.

According to Walrond, when she assumed office, the law technically amounted to a near-total ban on tinted windows, permitting tint only by exemption and even then, limiting it to a minimum 65 per cent Visible Light Transmission (VLT).

Walrond said Guyanese will be pleased to know that the new regulations allow all vehicles to carry some level of tint without the need for an exemption; introduce new clearly set permissible VLT standards; and establish a modern policing regime using approved tint meters, removing ambiguity and supporting fair, consistent enforcement nationwide.

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One thought on “$30,000 fine for illegal use, installation of tint”

Wesley Lehman January 18, 2026 at 12:12 pm

I bet this is as effective as the noise and burning trash law.

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