Can car dealerships open on Sundays?
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The answer at a glance
We checked the law on selling cars on Sunday in all 50 states. 13 states ban it. 7 states allow it only with a permit, license, or other limits. 29 states have no state law that we found restricting it. 1 state has laws that are silent, ambiguous, or in conflict on the question. The most common answer is “Sunday sales allowed”, in 29 states.
- Sunday car sales banned 13 states
- Limited by place or day 7 states
- Sunday sales allowed 29 states
- Unclear 1 state
What this map covers
Whether state law lets a licensed motor vehicle dealer sell or offer to sell new or used passenger cars on Sunday. Dealership service and parts departments, private sales between individuals, and sales of motorcycles, RVs, boats, and trailers are excluded. City and county rules are noted only where state law itself delegates the choice to them.
- Sunday car sales banned
- State law bars licensed dealers statewide from selling, offering to sell, or being open to sell motor vehicles on Sunday, apart from narrow exceptions explained in `details`.
- Limited by place or day
- Sunday car sales are allowed only in some places or under conditions set by state law: for example a ban that applies only in certain counties or by local option, a rule that dealers must close on either Saturday or Sunday, or limited Sunday hours.
- Sunday sales allowed
- No state law found that bars or limits dealers from selling cars on Sunday.
- Unclear
- The law is silent, ambiguous, or the sources conflict.
All 50 states
| State | Answer | Summary | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Sunday sales allowed | Alabama has no state law barring car dealers from selling on Sunday. Its old Sunday closing law was repealed in 2015. | Code of Alabama § 13A-12-1 (Certain Acts Prohibited on Sunday, repealed) Code of Alabama § 45-22-41 (Cullman County Sunday operations) | |
| Alaska | Sunday sales allowed | Alaska has no state law that stops car dealers from selling on Sunday. | Alaska Stat. § 08.66.010 (Dealers to register) | |
| Arizona | Sunday sales allowed | Arizona has no state law that stops car dealers from selling on Sunday. | A.R.S. § 28-4407 (Business hours; notice of change) A.R.S. Title 28, Chapter 10 (Vehicle Dealers) section list | |
| Arkansas | Sunday sales allowed | Arkansas has no state law that stops car dealers from selling on Sunday. | Ark. Code § 23-112-301 (License requirements) Arkansas Motor Vehicle Commission: Laws & Rules | |
| California | Sunday sales allowed | California has no state law that stops car dealers from selling on Sunday. | Cal. Vehicle Code § 11700 | |
| Colorado | Sunday car sales banned | Colorado bans selling, trading, or offering motor vehicles for sale on Sunday. | C.R.S. § 44-20-302 (Sunday sales prohibited) C.R.S. § 44-20-303 (Penalties) | |
| Connecticut | Sunday sales allowed | Connecticut allows Sunday car sales; its old Sunday business ban is still printed but was held unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court. | Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-302a with annotations (Connecticut General Assembly) Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-302a (Employment of labor on Sunday prohibited; exceptions) Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-52 (Dealer and repairer licenses) | |
| Delaware | Sunday sales allowed | Delaware has no state law that stops car dealers from selling on Sunday. | 21 Del. C. Chapter 63 (Sale of Motor Vehicles), § 6302 | |
| Florida | Sunday sales allowed | Florida has no state law that stops car dealers from selling on Sunday. | Fla. Stat. § 320.27 (2026) | |
| Georgia | Sunday sales allowed | Georgia has no state law that stops car dealers from selling on Sunday. | O.C.G.A. § 43-47-7 (Used motor vehicle dealer license required) O.C.G.A. § 43-47-8 (License applications) | |
| Hawaii | Sunday sales allowed | Hawaii has no state law that stops car dealers from selling on Sunday. | HRS § 437-28 (dealer discipline grounds) | |
| Idaho | Sunday sales allowed | Idaho has no state law that stops car dealers from selling on Sunday. | Idaho Code Title 49, Chapter 16 (Dealers and Salesmen Licensing) Idaho Code § 49-1613 (unlawful acts by licensee) | |
| Illinois | Sunday car sales banned | Illinois bars car dealers from being open to sell or lease new or used cars on Sunday. | 625 ILCS 5/5-106 (Illinois General Assembly) 625 ILCS 5/5-106 (Sales on Sunday) | |
| Indiana | Sunday car sales banned | Indiana makes it a crime to be in the business of buying, selling, or trading cars on Sunday. | IC 24-4-6-1 Indiana Courts legislative update: HEA 1382 (P.L. 88-2025) | |
| Iowa | Sunday car sales banned | Iowa bars licensed dealers from buying or selling new or used cars at retail on Sunday. | Iowa Code § 322.3(9) (2026) | |
| Kansas | Sunday sales allowed | Kansas has no state law that stops car dealers from selling on Sunday. | K.S.A. Chapter 8, Article 24 (Licensure of Vehicle Sales and Manufacture) K.S.A. 8-2410 (grounds and prohibited acts) K.S.A. 8-2404 (license requirements) | |
| Kentucky | Limited by place or day | Kentucky's Sunday work law covers car dealers unless a city or county ordinance allows Sunday retail sales. | KRS 436.160 (Working on Sunday) KRS 436.165 (Sunday retail sales subject to local control) | |
| Louisiana | Sunday car sales banned | Louisiana law says licensed new and used car and truck dealers may not be open on Sunday. | La. R.S. 51:193 (Louisiana Legislature) La. R.S. 51:193 (Motor vehicle dealer exemption) La. R.S. 51:191 (local Sunday closing ordinances) La. R.S. 51:191 (Louisiana Legislature) | |
| Maine | Sunday car sales banned | Maine bans buying, selling, or trading new or used cars on Sunday, and bars dealers from opening their lots. | 17 M.R.S. § 3203 (Sales of motor vehicles prohibited) 17 M.R.S. § 3209 (Saturday as holy day) | |
| Maryland | Limited by place or day | Maryland bans Sunday car sales except in Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties, plus a few local exceptions. | Md. Code, Business Regulation § 18-101 | |
| Massachusetts | Sunday sales allowed | Massachusetts lets stores and shops open and sell at retail on Sunday, and has no Sunday rule aimed at car dealers. | M.G.L. c. 136, § 6(50) M.G.L. c. 136, § 5 M.G.L. c. 140, § 59 | |
| Michigan | Limited by place or day | Michigan bans Sunday car sales, but only in counties with 130,000 or more people. | MCL 435.251-435.254 (Act 66 of 1953) | |
| Minnesota | Sunday car sales banned | Minnesota bans car dealers from buying, selling, or opening a lot to sell motor vehicles on Sunday. | Minn. Stat. § 168.275 | |
| Mississippi | Unclear | It's unclear whether Mississippi restricts Sunday car sales; the official code couldn't be read and sources conflict. Needs confirmation | Miss. Code § 63-17-73 (FindLaw) Miss. Code § 97-23-61 (FindLaw) | |
| Missouri | Sunday car sales banned | Missouri bars licensed car dealers from opening to buy, sell, or trade motor vehicles on Sunday. | RSMo § 578.120 | |
| Montana | Sunday sales allowed | Montana's dealer law has no Sunday ban and lets dealers set and post their own office hours. | MCA 61-4-123(7) MCA Title 61, Ch. 4, Part 1 (section index) | |
| Nebraska | Sunday sales allowed | Nebraska's motor vehicle dealer law contains no rule against selling cars on Sunday. | Neb. Rev. Stat. Chapter 60 (section index) Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1411.03 Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1417 | |
| Nevada | Sunday sales allowed | Nevada's vehicle dealer licensing law contains no rule against selling cars on Sunday. | NRS Chapter 482 (dealer licensing, NRS 482.318-482.363105) | |
| New Hampshire | Sunday sales allowed | New Hampshire repealed its Sunday business law in 2016 and has no rule against Sunday car sales. | RSA Chapter 332-D (Sunday Business Activities), repealed | |
| New Jersey | Sunday car sales banned | New Jersey bans buying, selling, or exchanging motor vehicles as a business on Sunday statewide. | N.J.S.A. 2C:33-26 (FindLaw) | |
| New Mexico | Sunday sales allowed | New Mexico has no state law that stops licensed car dealers from selling on Sunday. | NMSA 1978, § 66-4-1 (dealer licensing) | |
| New York | Sunday sales allowed | New York allows Sunday car sales; its old Sunday selling ban was struck down by the state's top court in 1976. | N.Y. General Business Law § 9 (Public traffic on Sunday) N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 415 (dealer registration) People v. Abrahams, 40 N.Y.2d 277 (1976), excerpt via CourtListener | |
| North Carolina | Sunday sales allowed | North Carolina has no statewide Sunday ban on car sales, though cities may adopt Sunday-closing ordinances. | N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 20, Article 12 (Motor Vehicle Dealers and Manufacturers Licensing Law) N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-191 (city Sunday-closing ordinances) | |
| North Dakota | Sunday car sales banned | North Dakota law says a motor vehicle dealer may not sell a motor vehicle on Sunday. | N.D. Cent. Code § 39-22-07.1 | |
| Ohio | Sunday sales allowed | Ohio has no state law that stops licensed car dealers from selling on Sunday. | Ohio Rev. Code Chapter 4517 (incl. § 4517.02, dealer license required) | |
| Oklahoma | Sunday car sales banned | Oklahoma bans keeping a lot or showroom open to sell, trade, or offer new or used vehicles on Sunday. | 21 O.S. §§ 917-919, as reproduced in the Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Commission's statute compilation (Nov. 2024) | |
| Oregon | Sunday sales allowed | Oregon has no state law that stops licensed car dealers from selling on Sunday. | ORS Chapter 822 (incl. ORS 822.005) | |
| Pennsylvania | Sunday car sales banned | Pennsylvania makes it an offense to be in the business of buying or selling cars on Sunday. | 18 Pa.C.S. § 7365 (Trading in motor vehicles and trailers) | |
| Rhode Island | Limited by place or day | Rhode Island allows car dealers to open for sales on Sunday only between noon and 6 p.m. | R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-5-19 (Sunday business permitted) R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-23-2 (holiday business) | |
| South Carolina | Limited by place or day | South Carolina bans Sunday car sales before 1:30 p.m., except in counties exempted by tourism revenue or local vote. | S.C. Code §§ 53-1-5, 53-1-40, 53-1-60, 53-1-150, 53-1-160 | |
| South Dakota | Sunday sales allowed | South Dakota has no state law that stops licensed dealers from selling cars on Sunday. | SDCL ch. 32-6B (Regulation of Vehicle Dealers), table of sections SDCL 32-6B-41 (grounds for denial of license) | |
| Tennessee | Sunday sales allowed | Tennessee has no state law found that stops licensed dealers from selling cars on Sunday. | Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-17-114 (FindLaw) | |
| Texas | Limited by place or day | Texas dealers can sell cars on Saturday or Sunday, but not on both days of the same weekend. | Tex. Transp. Code § 728.002 Tex. Transp. Code § 728.003 (civil penalty) Tex. Transp. Code § 728.004 (enforcement) | |
| Utah | Limited by place or day | Utah dealers can't sell or lease cars on both Saturday and Sunday of the same weekend, so they must close one day. | Utah Code § 41-3-210(11) (version effective 5/6/2026) Utah Code § 41-3-210 (prior version, superseded 5/6/2026) 2025 S.B. 136 (proposed repeal, introduced) | |
| Vermont | Sunday sales allowed | Vermont has no state law that stops car dealers from selling on Sunday. | 13 V.S.A. chapter 74 (A Common Day of Rest), §§ 3351-3358, repealed 13 V.S.A. chapter 73 (Sabbath Breaking), §§ 3301-3308, repealed | |
| Virginia | Sunday sales allowed | Virginia has no state law that stops car dealers from selling on Sunday. | Va. Code § 46.2-1533 (dealer business hours) Va. Code §§ 18.2-341 through 18.2-343 (repealed by Acts 2004, c. 608) | |
| Washington | Sunday sales allowed | Washington has no state law that stops licensed dealers from selling cars on Sunday. | RCW 46.70.180 (unlawful acts and practices) | |
| West Virginia | Sunday sales allowed | West Virginia has no state law found that stops licensed dealers from selling cars on Sunday. | W. Va. Code § 17A-6-18 W. Va. Code chapter 17A, article 6 (dealers), section list | |
| Wisconsin | Sunday car sales banned | Wisconsin bans car dealers from staying open on Sunday to buy, sell, or lease vehicles. | Wis. Stat. § 218.0116(1)(k) Wis. Stat. § 218.0116 | |
| Wyoming | Sunday sales allowed | Wyoming has no state law found that stops licensed dealers from selling cars on Sunday. | Wyo. Stat. § 31-16-108 (FindLaw) |
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Patterns across the country
The answer often depends on the region. “Sunday car sales banned” is most common in the Midwest (7 of 12 states), “Limited by place or day” is most common in the South (4 of 16 states) and “Sunday sales allowed” is most common in the West (11 of 13 states).
| Region | Sunday car sales banned | Limited by place or day | Sunday sales allowed | Unclear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast (9) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Midwest (12) | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| South (16) | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| West (13) | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
- Northeast: Sunday car sales banned in Maine, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; Limited by place or day in Rhode Island; Sunday sales allowed in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont.
- Midwest: Sunday car sales banned in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota and Wisconsin; Limited by place or day in Michigan; Sunday sales allowed in Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio and South Dakota.
- South: Sunday car sales banned in Louisiana and Oklahoma; Limited by place or day in Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina and Texas; Sunday sales allowed in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia; Unclear in Mississippi.
- West: Sunday car sales banned in Colorado; Limited by place or day in Utah; Sunday sales allowed in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.
Neighboring states
Of the 107 pairs of states that share a border, 49 give the same answer and 58 give different answers.
The sharpest contrasts are the 26 borders where a state with no restriction sits next to one that prohibits it:
- Arkansas Sunday sales allowed borders Louisiana Sunday car sales banned
- Arkansas Sunday sales allowed borders Missouri Sunday car sales banned
- Arkansas Sunday sales allowed borders Oklahoma Sunday car sales banned
- Arizona Sunday sales allowed borders Colorado Sunday car sales banned
- Colorado Sunday car sales banned borders Kansas Sunday sales allowed
- Colorado Sunday car sales banned borders Nebraska Sunday sales allowed
- Colorado Sunday car sales banned borders New Mexico Sunday sales allowed
- Colorado Sunday car sales banned borders Wyoming Sunday sales allowed
- Delaware Sunday sales allowed borders New Jersey Sunday car sales banned
- Delaware Sunday sales allowed borders Pennsylvania Sunday car sales banned
- Iowa Sunday car sales banned borders Nebraska Sunday sales allowed
- Iowa Sunday car sales banned borders South Dakota Sunday sales allowed
- Indiana Sunday car sales banned borders Ohio Sunday sales allowed
- Kansas Sunday sales allowed borders Missouri Sunday car sales banned
- Kansas Sunday sales allowed borders Oklahoma Sunday car sales banned
- Maine Sunday car sales banned borders New Hampshire Sunday sales allowed
- Minnesota Sunday car sales banned borders South Dakota Sunday sales allowed
- Missouri Sunday car sales banned borders Nebraska Sunday sales allowed
- Missouri Sunday car sales banned borders Tennessee Sunday sales allowed
- Montana Sunday sales allowed borders North Dakota Sunday car sales banned
- North Dakota Sunday car sales banned borders South Dakota Sunday sales allowed
- New Jersey Sunday car sales banned borders New York Sunday sales allowed
- New Mexico Sunday sales allowed borders Oklahoma Sunday car sales banned
- New York Sunday sales allowed borders Pennsylvania Sunday car sales banned
- Ohio Sunday sales allowed borders Pennsylvania Sunday car sales banned
- Pennsylvania Sunday car sales banned borders West Virginia Sunday sales allowed
10 states give an answer that none of their neighbors share: Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Utah. Crossing one of these borders means a different answer on the other side.
Blue laws and car lots
Laws limiting business on Sunday, often called blue laws, once covered most kinds of trade in many states. Most of those general laws are gone. Vermont repealed its "Common Day of Rest" law in the early 1980s, Virginia repealed its Sunday-offenses law in 2004, Alabama repealed its Sunday law in 2015, and New Hampshire repealed its Sunday business chapter in 2016. Texas repealed most of its blue laws in 1985. Courts ended others. New York's top court struck down the state's ban on most Sunday selling in 1976, and in 1979 the Connecticut Supreme Court declared that state's newest Sunday-closing law unconstitutional.
Car sales are where these rules have lasted longest. Many of the surviving bans were written for car dealers specifically, apart from any general Sunday law. Michigan's dates from 1953 and Minnesota's from 1957, and Colorado regulators say that state's ban has been in place since the 1940s. Several have been updated rather than repealed. Pennsylvania took motorcycles out of its ban in 2011, Missouri last amended its ban in 2021, and Indiana revised its section in 2025. Texas kept a car rule when it repealed most of its blue laws. Today that rule lets dealers sell on Saturday or Sunday, but not both.
Sources: Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc., 472 U.S. 703 (1985) (Cornell LII) · Texas Standard: Why Texas doesn't allow car sales every day of the week (2016) · Colorado Office of Policy, Research and Regulatory Reform: 2026 Sunset Review, Regulation of Motor Vehicle and Powersports Vehicle Sales
Why the courts let them stand
On May 29, 1961, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected challenges to Sunday closing laws in two cases decided the same day. In McGowan v. Maryland, seven employees of a large discount department store in Anne Arundel County had been charged for selling items such as a loose-leaf binder, a can of floor wax and a toy submarine on a Sunday. The Court held that Maryland's law did not establish a religion. Whatever the laws' religious roots, it said, the present purpose of most of them was to give everyone a common day of rest. Maryland still bans Sunday car sales outside a few counties, and Anne Arundel is not one of the exceptions.
In Braunfeld v. Brown, Orthodox Jewish merchants in Philadelphia, who closed from Friday nightfall to Saturday nightfall for their Sabbath, argued that Pennsylvania's Sunday law burdened their religion. The Court found the burden only indirect and upheld the law. It noted that a number of states exempt people who keep a different day of rest, and said that may well be the wiser approach, but that the Constitution didn't require it. Some car-sale bans include that kind of exemption today. Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin excuse dealers who close on Saturday as their Sabbath.
Sources: McGowan v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 420 (1961) (Cornell LII) · Braunfeld v. Brown, 366 U.S. 599 (1961) (Cornell LII)
Partial limits and exceptions
Some states limit Sunday sales instead of banning them. Texas and Utah make dealers close on either Saturday or Sunday each weekend. Rhode Island allows Sunday sales only from noon to 6 p.m. South Carolina's blue law stops applying at 1:30 p.m., and it doesn't apply at all in counties with large tourism tax collections or where the county council or voters have suspended it. Michigan's ban covers only counties with at least 130,000 residents. Maryland's applies outside Howard, Montgomery and Prince George's counties, and Kentucky's general Sunday work law leaves Sunday retail to city and county ordinances.
Most bans also have narrow exceptions. A dealership can usually open on Sunday for repairs, parts, fuel, towing or washing, because the ban covers the sales floor, not the service bay. Several states exempt motorcycles, RVs, boats or collector-car auctions, and Illinois, Missouri and Utah allow certain trade shows or multi-dealer events. Iowa's ban reaches advertising too: a dealer may not even advertise that it does business on Sunday.
Based on the state records and sources in the table above.
What the penalties look like
Penalties vary widely. Pennsylvania treats a violation as a summary offense, with a fine of up to $200 for a repeat within a year. Colorado's fine runs from $75 to $1,000 and Oklahoma's from $75 to $500, and both allow up to six months in jail. North Dakota and Indiana make it a Class B misdemeanor and Missouri a Class C misdemeanor. In Maine it is a strict-liability crime, which means a dealer's intent doesn't matter. Minnesota treats a second offense as a gross misdemeanor, and New Jersey's fines climb to $750. Maryland's fine can reach $10,000. Texas uses civil penalties of up to $500 for a first violation and up to $5,000 for a third or later one, and it counts each day and each sale separately.
For a dealer, the license is often the bigger risk. Colorado, Michigan, New Jersey and Oklahoma allow a dealer license to be suspended or revoked, and Maine can take away dealer plates. Wisconsin uses license action as its main penalty. Louisiana's dealer rule lists no penalty at all.
Based on the state records and sources in the table above.
The case for and against
Car dealers are usually the strongest defenders of these laws. In 2008, the Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association said it had always opposed repeal, and that opening 52 more days a year wouldn't sell more cars. If one dealer opened, it argued, all would have to, and it's hard to hire someone to work only one day. In 2016, a Texas dealer told the Texas Standard that repeal would be the government trying to fix something that isn't a problem.
Colorado's regulators laid out the other side in an October 15, 2026, sunset review of the state's dealer laws. The report says the ban dates to the 1940s, when dealerships were mostly local family businesses, and was meant to give workers a day for family or worship. It argues the market has changed. Many dealerships now belong to large multistate companies, a purchase can happen entirely online, and online sellers in Colorado are covered by the ban too. Financing can be approved on a Sunday, the report adds, and people who work weekdays are left with evenings and Saturdays. The one argument it says may have merit is cost: a dealer probably wouldn't sell more cars in seven days than in six, so the extra expense could be passed on to buyers. But repeal would allow Sunday sales, not require them, and the report recommends that lawmakers repeal the ban.
Sources: Minnesota Lawyer: Should auto dealers be open on Sundays? (2008) · Texas Standard: Why Texas doesn't allow car sales every day of the week (2016) · Colorado Office of Policy, Research and Regulatory Reform: 2026 Sunset Review, Regulation of Motor Vehicle and Powersports Vehicle Sales
Repeal efforts and the no-rule states
Repeal bills come up regularly in states with Sunday bans, but they rarely pass. Colorado's previous sunset review, in 2016, also recommended ending the ban, and the legislature didn't adopt that change. After the 2026 report, the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association said it opposed repeal, and no lawmaker had yet committed to sponsoring a bill, according to the Colorado news site The Sum and Substance. A 2015 Texas bill to repeal the weekend rule never made it out of committee, and a 2008 Minnesota repeal bill died in committee. Utah lawmakers considered a 2025 bill to end that state's weekend rule, and it did not pass. Pennsylvania has seen repeal bills while its ban stays in place.
In states with no Sunday rule, dealers set their own hours, and some still close on Sunday by choice. Virginia's dealer law sets a minimum instead of a limit: dealers must be open at least 20 hours a week, including 10 weekday hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., and Sunday isn't mentioned. North Carolina lets city councils pass general Sunday-closing ordinances after a public hearing, so a local rule could reach dealers there even though state law doesn't.
Sources: Colorado Office of Policy, Research and Regulatory Reform: 2026 Sunset Review, Regulation of Motor Vehicle and Powersports Vehicle Sales · The Sum and Substance: Colorado regulators suggest ending 80-year-old ban on Sunday auto sales (Oct. 16, 2026) · Texas Standard: Why Texas doesn't allow car sales every day of the week (2016) · Minnesota Lawyer: Should auto dealers be open on Sundays? (2008)
Frequently asked questions
Which states ban selling cars on Sunday?
13 states: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Here, “Sunday car sales banned” means: State law bars licensed dealers statewide from selling, offering to sell, or being open to sell motor vehicles on Sunday, apart from narrow exceptions explained in `details`.
Which states allow selling cars on Sunday with a permit or license?
7 states: Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Utah. Here, “Limited by place or day” means: Sunday car sales are allowed only in some places or under conditions set by state law: for example a ban that applies only in certain counties or by local option, a rule that dealers must close on either Saturday or Sunday, or limited Sunday hours.
Which states have no state rule against selling cars on Sunday?
29 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. Here, “Sunday sales allowed” means: No state law found that bars or limits dealers from selling cars on Sunday.
In which states is the law on selling cars on Sunday unclear?
1 state: Mississippi. Here, “Unclear” means: The law is silent, ambiguous, or the sources conflict.
Does “Sunday sales allowed” mean my city or county allows it?
Not necessarily. QuirkMaps covers state law only. Cities and counties can have their own, stricter rules, so a state answer is a starting point, not the final word. 11 state records on this map specifically mention city, county, or other local rules.
How current is this information?
All 50 states were last fully reviewed on Oct 21, 2026. Each row in the table shows the date its source was last checked. We recheck every topic against its sources twice a year, because many state laws take effect in January and July.
Where do these answers come from?
39 of the 50 answers cite an official state source, such as a legislature's code site or a state agency, and 11 more cite a faithful copy of the official text, such as Cornell's Legal Information Institute or Justia. News stories and guides can point us to a rule, but they never decide an answer. Read the full methodology.
What does “Needs confirmation” mean?
It marks a low-confidence answer: only secondary sources support it, or the official text couldn't be opened. On this topic that applies to Mississippi. These answers are leads rather than settled findings.