State-by-state guide

Can you buy an RV on Sunday? 13 states ban Sunday vehicle sales, and in Utah none of the 59 dealers we track opens

We read each state's Sunday sales law and checked the published hours of 3,214 RV dealers in our directory. Thirteen states ban Sunday motor vehicle sales and six more restrict them, though several exempt RVs or towables. Nationally 22% of dealers open on Sunday; in states with a full ban it is 9%.

By the RV Dealerships research desk · Published October 25, 2026

Key findings

  • 13 states ban Sunday motor vehicle sales outright: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
  • Six more restrict them. Texas and Utah make dealers close Saturday or Sunday, Maryland and Michigan ban them by county, Rhode Island limits hours to noon to 6 p.m., and South Carolina's general Sunday law runs until 1:30 p.m. where counties have not opted out.
  • RVs are sometimes exempt. Missouri exempts recreational motor vehicles, Illinois exempts RV-only lots, Maine exempts new motor home dealers, and Indiana allows Sunday sales of non-motorized campers and trailers.
  • Utah: 0 of 59 dealers with published hours open on Sunday. Colorado: 2 of 95. Minnesota: 2 of 67.
  • Where RVs are exempt, more dealers open. In ban states whose law covers RVs, 4.5% of dealers list Sunday hours (n = 419); in ban states with an RV exemption, 15.7% do (n = 248).
  • Washington leads with 59.7% of dealers open Sunday (n = 119), then California at 53.8% (n = 264).

The law, state by state

Sunday closing laws for car dealers are leftovers of the old blue laws. Most are written for "motor vehicles," and the definition decides whether an RV counts. Some definitions include anything towed, so a travel trailer is covered. Others cover only self-propelled vehicles, so a motorhome is covered but a trailer is not. A few states carve RVs out by name.

State law on Sunday motor vehicle salesBanned: CO, IL, IN, IA, LA, ME, MN, MO, NJ, ND, OK, PA, WI. Restricted or partial: TX, UT, MD, MI, RI, SC. Allowed: NV, MA, AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, KS, KY, MT, NE, NH, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, SD, TN, VT, VA, WA, WV, WYAK: AllowedAKME: BannedMEVT: AllowedVTNH: AllowedNHWA: AllowedWAID: AllowedIDMT: AllowedMTND: BannedNDMN: BannedMNIL: BannedILWI: BannedWIMI: Restricted or partialMINY: AllowedNYRI: Restricted or partialRIMA: AllowedMAOR: AllowedORNV: AllowedNVWY: AllowedWYSD: AllowedSDIA: BannedIAIN: BannedINOH: AllowedOHPA: BannedPANJ: BannedNJCT: AllowedCTCA: AllowedCAUT: Restricted or partialUTCO: BannedCONE: AllowedNEMO: BannedMOKY: AllowedKYWV: AllowedWVVA: AllowedVAMD: Restricted or partialMDDE: AllowedDEAZ: AllowedAZNM: AllowedNMKS: AllowedKSAR: AllowedARTN: AllowedTNNC: AllowedNCSC: Restricted or partialSCDC: AllowedDCOK: BannedOKLA: BannedLAMS: no dataMSAL: AllowedALGA: AllowedGAHI: AllowedHITX: Restricted or partialTXFL: AllowedFLBannedRestricted or partialAllowedNo data
Mississippi is shown as no data: it appears on some blue-law lists, but we could not confirm a statute.

Which dealers actually open on Sunday

Of the 3,214 approved RV dealers in our directory with published Google hours, 718 (22.3%) list Sunday hours. The map shows the share by state for the 46 states with at least 10 dealers with hours.

Share of RV dealers open on Sunday (%)WA 60%, CA 54%, AK 43%, MA 41%, NV 41%, NH 40%, OR 39%, CT 35%AK: 43%AK43%ME: 29%ME29%VT: no dataVTNH: 40%NH40%WA: 60%WA60%ID: 18%ID18%MT: 5.3%MT5.3%ND: 0%ND0%MN: 3%MN3%IL: 18%IL18%WI: 12%WI12%MI: 8.8%MI8.8%NY: 27%NY27%RI: no dataRIMA: 41%MA41%OR: 39%OR39%NV: 41%NV41%WY: 5.9%WY5.9%SD: 14%SD14%IA: 2%IA2%IN: 14%IN14%OH: 12%OH12%PA: 11%PA11%NJ: 3.8%NJ3.8%CT: 35%CT35%CA: 54%CA54%UT: 0%UT0%CO: 2.1%CO2.1%NE: 11%NE11%MO: 12%MO12%KY: 16%KY16%WV: 13%WV13%VA: 31%VA31%MD: 7.7%MD7.7%DE: no dataDEAZ: 30%AZ30%NM: 30%NM30%KS: 11%KS11%AR: 11%AR11%TN: 15%TN15%NC: 26%NC26%SC: 28%SC28%DC: no dataDCOK: 4.5%OK4.5%LA: 0%LA0%MS: 2.8%MS2.8%AL: 11%AL11%GA: 15%GA15%HI: no dataHITX: 22%TX22%FL: 26%FL26%0%60%Dashed outline: no data
Share of RV dealers with published hours that list any Sunday opening. States with fewer than 10 dealers with hours are left blank. n = 3,214 dealers.
8.7%open Sunday in full-ban states (n = 785)
17.3%open Sunday in restricted states (n = 572)
30.2%open Sunday where it is allowed (n = 1803)

The exemptions show up in the hours. In the seven ban states whose law reaches RVs (Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania), 19 of 419 dealers list Sunday hours. In the four ban states that exempt some RV sales (Illinois, Indiana, Maine and Missouri), 39 of 248 do. Utah's Saturday-or-Sunday rule works like a Sunday ban: none of the 59 Utah dealers we track opens on Sunday. In Texas, where dealers face the same choice but towables fall outside the rule, 21.9% open.

The full table

Sunday motor vehicle sales law and Sunday opening by state
AlabamaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a7411%Code of Alabama
AlaskaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a1443%AS 08.66, dealer law
ArizonaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a13630%A.R.S. Title 28
ArkansasAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a5411%Arkansas Code
CaliforniaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a26454%Cal. Veh. Code Div. 5
ColoradoBannedNo sale or offer of any motor vehicle on Sunday. This part of the law is set to repeal on Sept. 1, 2027 unless renewed.Covered. The definition includes towed vehicles; only boats, boat trailers, snowmobiles and snowmobile trailers are exempt.952.1%C.R.S. 44-20-301, -302, -304
ConnecticutAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a1735%CGS ch. 246
DelawareAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a8n < 1021 Del. C. ch. 63
District of ColumbiaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a0n < 10D.C. Code
FloridaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a23226%Fla. Stat. ch. 320
GeorgiaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a7915%Georgia General Assembly
HawaiiAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a0n < 10HRS ch. 437
IdahoAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a4918%Idaho Code 49-16
IllinoisBannedNo sale or offer of any motor vehicle on Sunday; motorcycle-only and RV-only lots are exempt.Exempt when sold at a lot that displays only motor homes, mini motor homes, van campers and recreational trailers.6018%625 ILCS 5/5-106
IndianaBannedVehicle sales may not be conducted on Sunday without a special event permit; motorcycles and non-motorized campers and trailers are excepted.Motorhomes covered. Non-self-propelled campers and trailers are exempt.9214%Ind. Secretary of State, dealer rules
IowaBannedLicensed dealers may not buy or sell new or used motor vehicles on Sunday (322.3(9)); towable RV dealers may not either (322C.3).Covered. Motor vehicle dealers and towable RV dealers are both barred from Sunday sales.512%Iowa Code 322.3, 322C
KansasAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a1911%K.S.A. 8-2401 et seq.
KentuckyAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a4516%Kentucky Revised Statutes
LouisianaBannedA dealer licensed under Title 32 that sells new or used cars or trucks may not be open on Sunday.Not named. The ban applies to licensed dealers that sell new or used cars or trucks.370%La. R.S. 51:193
MaineBannedNo buying, selling or trading of new or used motor vehicles on Sunday.Exempt for licensed dealers whose primary business is new motor homes.2129%17 M.R.S. 3203, 3203-A
MarylandRestrictedCar dealers may not sell on Sunday except in Howard, Montgomery and Prince George's counties, with other county exceptions.Covered, except camping and travel trailers may be sold on Sunday in Anne Arundel County.137.7%Md. Bus. Reg. 18-101
MassachusettsAllowedSunday retail is allowed under the general Sunday law's store exemption.n/a2241%M.G.L. c. 136, 6(50)
MichiganRestrictedSunday motor vehicle sales are unlawful, but only in counties of 130,000 or more people.No RV exemption in the text.1138.8%MCL 435.251-.254
MinnesotaBannedBuying, selling or trading new or used motor vehicles as a business on Sunday is a misdemeanor.Covered. Only boat, ATV, snowmobile and utility trailers are exempt.673%Minn. Stat. 168.275
MississippiNot confirmedNot confirmed. Mississippi appears on some blue-law lists, but we could not find or read a statute.Not confirmed362.8%Mississippi Legislature
MissouriBannedLicensed dealers may not open to sell motor vehicles on Sunday; RVs, motorcycles, powersports and manufactured housing are exempt.Exempt. The statute excludes "the sale of recreational motor vehicles."7512%RSMo 578.120
MontanaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a385.3%MCA 61-4
NebraskaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a1811%Neb. Rev. Stat. ch. 60
NevadaAllowedNo statewide ban. Clark County bars new-car dealers from opening on Sunday by ordinance.n/a4241%Clark County Code 7.70.020
New HampshireAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a2540%NH RSA Title XXI
New JerseyBannedBuying, selling or exchanging motor vehicles on Sunday is a disorderly persons offense; franchised motorcycle dealers are exempt.Covered, except that taking a deposit on an RV at an authorized off-site sale is allowed.263.8%N.J.S.A. 2C:33-26
New MexicoAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a3030%NMSA (NMOneSource)
New YorkAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a7327%N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law 415
North CarolinaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a9026%N.C.G.S. ch. 20, art. 12
North DakotaBannedA motor vehicle dealer may not sell a motor vehicle on Sunday.No RV exemption in the text.190%N.D.C.C. 39-22-07.1
OhioAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a9412%ORC ch. 4517
OklahomaBannedNo one may keep premises open to sell any motor vehicle on Sunday.Covered. The definition includes towed vehicles; the only RV carve-out is approved off-premise sales of new motorized RVs.674.5%21 O.S. 917-918
OregonAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a11639%ORS ch. 822
PennsylvaniaBannedDealing in new or used motor vehicles or trailers on Sunday is a summary offense; motorcycles were carved out in 2011.Covered. The ban names motor vehicles and trailers, including trailers built as living quarters.9411%18 Pa.C.S. 7365
Rhode IslandRestrictedDealers may open display rooms and lots on Sunday only from noon to 6 p.m.No RV exemption found.2n < 10R.I. Gen. Laws 31-5-19
South CarolinaRestrictedA general Sunday closing law applies until 1:30 p.m. in counties that have not been exempted or opted out.Not vehicle-specific.5328%S.C. Code 53-1-5 to -160
South DakotaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a2114%SDCL 32-6B
TennesseeAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a5215%Tennessee General Assembly
TexasRestrictedNo selling motor vehicles on both Saturday and Sunday of the same weekend; most dealers close Sunday.Motorhomes covered. Trailers are outside the "self-propelled" definition.33422%Tex. Transp. Code 728.001-.002
UtahRestrictedDealers may not sell or offer motor vehicles on consecutive Saturday and Sunday; shows with five or more dealers are exempt.Covered. The definition includes travel trailers (trailers of 750 lb or less excluded).590%Utah Code 41-3-210(11)
VermontAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a8n < 1023 V.S.A. ch. 7
VirginiaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a3931%Va. Code 46.2 ch. 15
WashingtonAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a11960%RCW 46.70
West VirginiaAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a2413%W. Va. Code 17A-6
WisconsinBannedA dealer may not keep open on Sunday to buy, lease or sell motor vehicles; Saturday Sabbath observers are exempt.Motorhomes covered ("motor-driven vehicle"). Towables are outside that definition.8112%Wis. Stat. 218.0116(1)(k)
WyomingAllowedNo statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban found.n/a175.9%Wyo. Stat. Title 31

"Allowed" means we found no statewide Sunday vehicle-sale ban; local rules can still apply. % open Sunday is shown only where at least 10 dealers publish hours. Download this table (CSV)

What it means for you

  • Shop Saturday, sign Monday. In a ban state you can usually browse on a weekend, but the paperwork waits. Ask the dealer to have the numbers ready so Monday is a signature, not a negotiation.
  • Check what kind of rig you want. A travel trailer can be legal to buy on Sunday in Indiana or Texas when a motorhome is not. Browse travel trailer dealers and motorhome dealers separately.
  • Cross the border. Buyers near Utah, Colorado or Minnesota often have open dealers one state over. Our state pages list every dealer we track.
  • Private sales are different. Most of these laws target dealers or people in the business of selling vehicles, so a one-off sale of your own RV is usually outside them. If you would rather have a dealer handle it, see consignment lots or dealers that buy RVs.
  • Call ahead. Hours change, and a dealer that lists Sunday hours may only run service that day.

Before you sign, read the fees too: our guide to RV dealer doc fees by state covers paperwork charges, travel trailer title rules cover what you need to register, and RV sales tax by state covers what you owe.

The infographic

Sunday RV sales · 202613 states ban Sunday vehicle sales.In Utah, 0 of 59 RV dealers open.Share of RV dealers that list Sunday hours, by state. n = 3,214 dealerswith published hours; states with fewer than 10 left blank.13states with a full Sundaysales ban22%of RV dealers list Sundayhours8.7%list Sunday hours in full-banstatesShare of RV dealers open on Sunday (%)WA 60%, CA 54%, AK 43%, MA 41%, NV 41%, NH 40%, OR 39%, CT 35%AK: 43%AK43%ME: 29%ME29%VT: no dataVTNH: 40%NH40%WA: 60%WA60%ID: 18%ID18%MT: 5.3%MT5.3%ND: 0%ND0%MN: 3%MN3%IL: 18%IL18%WI: 12%WI12%MI: 8.8%MI8.8%NY: 27%NY27%RI: no dataRIMA: 41%MA41%OR: 39%OR39%NV: 41%NV41%WY: 5.9%WY5.9%SD: 14%SD14%IA: 2%IA2%IN: 14%IN14%OH: 12%OH12%PA: 11%PA11%NJ: 3.8%NJ3.8%CT: 35%CT35%CA: 54%CA54%UT: 0%UT0%CO: 2.1%CO2.1%NE: 11%NE11%MO: 12%MO12%KY: 16%KY16%WV: 13%WV13%VA: 31%VA31%MD: 7.7%MD7.7%DE: no dataDEAZ: 30%AZ30%NM: 30%NM30%KS: 11%KS11%AR: 11%AR11%TN: 15%TN15%NC: 26%NC26%SC: 28%SC28%DC: no dataDCOK: 4.5%OK4.5%LA: 0%LA0%MS: 2.8%MS2.8%AL: 11%AL11%GA: 15%GA15%HI: no dataHITX: 22%TX22%FL: 26%FL26%0%60%Dashed outline: no dataSource: RV Dealerships analysis of state statutes and Google hours for 3,214 US RVdealers, Oct 2026.rvdealerships.org

How we did this

  • We read each state's statute or official code page for a Sunday ban on motor vehicle sales on Oct. 24 and 25, 2026, and noted how the law defines a motor vehicle and any RV, camper or trailer exemption. Each row links to the statute or official page we relied on.
  • "Banned" means a statewide prohibition on Sunday sales by dealers. "Restricted" covers Saturday-or-Sunday choice laws, county-level bans, hour limits and general Sunday-morning closing laws. "Allowed" means we found no statewide ban in the state's dealer law or Sunday statutes; for states whose official code could not be read as text, the row links to the official code and reflects that no Sunday vehicle statute turned up in our research.
  • Mississippi is "Not confirmed": it appears on several blue-law lists, but we could not locate or read a statute. New Jersey's text was read from a published copy of N.J.S.A. 2C:33-26 because the official site was not readable as text.
  • Hours come from Google business profiles collected via DataForSEO for the 3,214 approved RV dealers in our directory that publish weekly hours (3,519 approved dealers in all). A dealer counts as open on Sunday if any Sunday hours are listed. We report a state only if at least 10 dealers there publish hours.
  • Listed hours can be out of date and do not say whether a dealer sells on Sunday or only opens for service. This page is general information, not legal advice.

Not legal advice. Laws and agency rules change. Each row links the source we read and the date we checked it; confirm with the agency or an attorney before you rely on it.

Sources

  1. Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 44 (2024), accessed October 25, 2026
  2. 625 ILCS 5/5-106, accessed October 25, 2026
  3. Indiana Secretary of State, Auto Dealer Services: Sunday sales, accessed October 25, 2026
  4. Iowa Code 322.3 and chapter 322C, accessed October 25, 2026
  5. Maine Revised Statutes, 17 M.R.S. 3203 and 3203-A, accessed October 25, 2026
  6. Minnesota Statutes 168.275, accessed October 25, 2026
  7. Missouri Revised Statutes 578.120, accessed October 25, 2026
  8. Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Commission statutes compilation (21 O.S. 917-919), accessed October 25, 2026
  9. 18 Pa.C.S. 7365, accessed October 25, 2026
  10. Utah Code 41-3-210 and 41-3-102, accessed October 25, 2026
  11. Maryland Business Regulation 18-101, accessed October 25, 2026
  12. Michigan Act 66 of 1953 (MCL 435.251-.254), accessed October 25, 2026
  13. Google business hours of RV dealers listed on RV Dealerships, collected via DataForSEO, accessed October 20, 2026
  14. RV Dealerships analysis, October 2026

Cite this: RV Dealerships, "Can you buy an RV on Sunday? 13 states ban Sunday vehicle sales, and in Utah none of the 59 dealers we track opens," October 25, 2026, https://rvdealerships.org/buy-rv-on-sunday-by-state/

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Questions people ask

Can you buy an RV on Sunday?

In most states, yes. Thirteen states ban Sunday motor vehicle sales and six restrict them, and several of those exempt RVs or towables: Missouri, Illinois RV-only lots, Maine new motor home dealers and Indiana non-motorized campers. Nationally 22% of the RV dealers we track list Sunday hours.

Are RV dealers open on Sunday in Utah?

Not in our data. Utah bars dealers from selling motor vehicles, a definition that includes travel trailers, on both Saturday and Sunday of the same weekend. All 59 Utah RV dealers with published hours in our directory are closed on Sunday.

Does the Sunday car sales ban apply to travel trailers?

It depends on how the state defines a motor vehicle. Colorado, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Utah include trailers, so travel trailers are covered. Indiana and Texas cover only self-propelled vehicles, so a travel trailer falls outside the rule. Iowa bans Sunday sales by towable RV dealers in a separate chapter.

Which states ban Sunday car sales?

Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin ban them statewide. Texas and Utah force a Saturday-or-Sunday choice, Maryland and Michigan ban them by county, and Rhode Island limits Sunday hours to noon to 6 p.m.

Can I sell my own RV privately on a Sunday?

Usually. Most of these laws target dealers or people in the business of selling vehicles. Maine's general Sunday law, for example, says it does not apply to occasional sales by people not in the business, and Pennsylvania's ban covers people engaged in the business of dealing in vehicles or trailers.

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