{"id":1586,"date":"2019-09-06T19:01:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T19:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dealerfireblog.com\/thirdcoastautos\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:24:16","slug":"are-car-dealerships-closed-on-sundays-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thirdcoastautos.com\/blog\/are-car-dealerships-closed-on-sundays-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Are car dealerships closed on Sundays in Texas?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Blue Laws” in Texas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In some states, car dealerships cannot be open on Sundays. It\u2019s one of the more random, commonly found (and enforced) laws in the U.S. today. Does this rule apply in Texas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Texas does not have a law prohibiting car dealerships from being open on Sunday. <\/strong>However, it does have a law that a dealership cannot be open for both Saturday and Sunday \u2013 it must be closed for one of them.<\/strong> Even on a holiday weekend, it\u2019s illegal for a Texas car dealership to be open the whole time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why are car dealerships closed on Sundays?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The law requiring automotive dealerships to be closed on certain days dates back to something called \u201cblue laws.\u201d These began in colonial times and were used to regulate how people spent their time on Sunday, with the goal of encouraging more pious behavior and observance of the sabbath. Over time, the required day off turned more into an obligatory day of rest for workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most blue laws have been repealed in modern-day, but two persist in Texas. One is that hard liquor cannot be purchased on a Sunday, and the other is that car dealerships must close for at least one day of the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Should the law restricting dealership hours be changed?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Strangely, the law enforcing the closing of dealerships does not seem to be heavily affecting consumers or businesses. Dealerships say customers don\u2019t typically demand Sunday car shopping, and they don\u2019t believe they are missing out on potential sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has become even more true as so much of the car-shopping process has moved online with the rise of the internet. Customers don\u2019t feel the need to spend as much time in a dealership observing the cars in person when they\u2019ve already spent hours researching at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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