1. ALABAMA

• Alabama State
  • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.

2. ALASKA

• Alaska State
  • Exempts business operations so long as individuals remain at least 6 feet apart.

3. ARIZONA

• Arizona State as clarified
  • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.

4. ARKANSAS

• Arkansas State
  • Exempts business operations so long as individuals remain at least 6 feet apart.

5. CALIFORNIA

• California State
  • Exempts auto repair and maintenance facilities, commercial retailers supplying essential sectors, and employees enabling transportation functions. Sales unclear.
  • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 (and up to 180 days imprisonment) under Government Code section 8865.
• Northern California
  • Alameda County
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295.
  • Contra Costa County
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295.
  • Marin County
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295.
  • Monterey County
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295.
  • Sacramento County
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are likely misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295 (per other authority cited).
  • San Benito County
    • Exempts only auto repair businesses.
    • County guidance states that violations are misdemeanors, without citation to any law.
  • San Francisco
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295;
    • Violations involving threats or violence against peace officers are felonies punishable by fines of up to $10,000 (and up to three years imprisonment) under California Penal Code section 69.
    • Other violations involving obstruction or delay of peace officers are misdemeanors subject to fines of up to $1,000 (and up to one year imprisonment) under California Penal Code section 148(a)(1) and San Francisco Administrative Code section 7.17.
  • San Mateo County
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295.
  • Santa Clara County
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295.
  • Santa Cruz County
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295.
  • Sonoma County
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295.
  • Yolo County
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295.
• Southern California
  • Los Angeles City
    • Exempts only auto repair businesses.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of up to $1000 (and up to 180 days imprisonment) under Los Angeles Administrative Code sections 8.77 and 8.78.
  • Los Angeles County
    • Exempts only auto repair businesses (including dealership service departments).
  • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295 and a fine of up to $500 (and up to 180 days imprisonment) under Los Angeles County Code section 11.02.080.
  • Orange County
    • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 (and up to 180 days imprisonment) under Government Code section 8865.
  • City of Palm Springs
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of up to $500 (and up to 180 days imprisonment) under Palm Springs Municipal Code section 2.20.100.
  • Riverside County
    • Press release references state order.
    • City Guidance:
      • Auto Dealers may not make in-person sales except to essential businesses (fleet sales) but may provide auto repair and maintenance services.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 (and up to 180 days imprisonment) under Government Code section 8865.
  • San Bernardino County
    • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.
  • San Diego
    • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines and website references state order.
    • Violations are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295.
  • Ventura County
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
    • Violations are likely misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $50 - $1,000 (and up to 90 days imprisonment) under Health and Safety Code section 120295 (per other authority cited).
• Central California
  • City of Fresno
    • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses
    • However, recent city guidance exempts only repair businesses.
    • No penalties provided in the order.

6. COLORADO

• Colorado State
  • Exempts auto supply and repair businesses subject to social distancing guidelines, consistent with prior orders issued by Boulder, Denver and Pitkin County.
  • Car dealerships may provide maintenance and repair services but retail sales are prohibited.

7. CONNECTICUT

• Connecticut State (and Amendments)
  • Essential businesses are not defined and CISA is referenced.
  • Authorized DECD Agency guidelines reference “transportation infrastructure” including vehicle rentals and garages.
  • Auto sales and repair businesses should be exempt.

8. DELAWARE

• Delaware State
  • Exempts only auto parts and repair businesses, manufacturers and distributors.

9. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

• District of Columbia
  • Exempts parts and repair businesses. Sales unclear.

10. FLORIDA

• Florida State
  • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.
• Alachua County (and Gainesville city)
  • Exempts auto sales and repair facilities.
• Bay-Harbor Islands
  • Exempts auto sales (by reference to Miami-Dade County Order) and repair facilities.
• Miami Beach
  • Exempts auto sales and repair facilities.
• Miami-Dade County, as amended
  • Exempts auto sales and repair facilities.

11. GEORGIA

• Georgia State
  • 10 person gathering limit if persons must be within six feet of each other.

12. HAWAII

• Hawaii State, as amended
  • Exempts auto sales and repair facilities.

13. IDAHO

• Idaho State as clarified
  • Exempts only auto parts and repair businesses.

14. ILLINOIS

• Illinois State
  • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.
• Cook County
  • Stay at home order for state employees only.
• City of Chicago
  • Orders symptomatic individuals to stay in place and city website references the state order.

15. INDIANA

• Indiana State
  • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.

16. IOWA

• Iowa State
  • Exempts auto sales and repair facilities.

17. KANSAS

• Kansas State
  • Exempts from local orders, businesses that enable critical functions, including transportation of cargo and passengers by road.
• Auto repair and maintenance likely exempt. Sales unclear.

18. KENTUCKY

• Kentucky State
  • Exempts only auto repair businesses and specifies that dealers may provide only repair, parts, and service.

19. LOUISIANA

• Louisiana State
  • Exempts auto repair facilities. Unclear if sales are also exempt but nearly all retailers can remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.

20. MAINE

• Maine State
  • Exempts auto repair and employees enabling transportation functions. Sales unclear.

21. MARYLAND

• Maryland State and Interpretive Guidance
  • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.

22. MASSACHUSETTS

• Massachusetts State and Exhibit A (essential businesses)
  • Auto sales should be exempt as a “commercial retail store” supplying an essential sector (but only “auto supplies” are listed by example).
  • Auto repair is specifically exempt.

23. MICHIGAN

• Michigan State
  • Exempts employees enabling transportation functions: such as auto sales and repair businesses.

24. MINNESOTA

• Minnesota State
  • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.

25. MISSISSIPPI

• Mississippi State
  • Declaration of Emergency.

26. MISSOURI:

• Missouri State
  • Declaration of Emergency.
• St. Louis County
  • Declaration of Emergency.

27. MONTANA

• Montana State
  • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.

28. NEBRASKA

• Nebraska State
  • Restricts only food and beverage retailers.

29. NEVADA

• Nevada State
  • Exempts essential businesses, which are not yet defined.

30. NEW HAMPSHIRE

• New Hampshire State
  • Non-food retailers not affected by any of the current emergency orders.

31. NEW JERSEY

• New Jersey State
  • Exempts car dealerships but only to provide maintenance and repair services.

32. NEW MEXICO

• New Mexico
  • Exempts auto repair businesses and “retailers who generate the majority of their revenue from the sale of automobile repair products.”
  • Sales unclear. A dealership mainly profiting from its repair business may be able to sell vehicles.

33. NEW YORK

• New York State, as amended & Guidance
  • Exempts only auto repair businesses.
• New York City
  • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines (but predates state order).
  • Mayor De Blasio has warned residents to prepare for the closure of all non-essential businesses in New York City (press release).

34. NORTH CAROLINA

• North Carolina
  • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.

35. NORTH DAKOTA

• North Dakota State
  • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.

36. OHIO

• Ohio State
  • Exempts auto sales and repair businesses.

37. OKLAHOMA

• Oklahoma State, as Amended
  • Exempts employees enabling transportation functions: such as repair businesses. Sales unclear.

38. OREGON

• Oregon State
  • Car dealerships not specifically exempt, but not included in lists of businesses which must close.

39. PENNSYLVANIA

• Pennsylvania State
  • Allows only “life-sustaining businesses.”
  • Industry Guidance Exhibit: Exempts only auto repair, parts, and services businesses, “automobile dealers” are not exempt.

40. RHODE ISLAND

• Rhode Island State
  • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.

41. SOUTH CAROLINA

• South Carolina State
  • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.

42. SOUTH DAKOTA

• South Dakota
  • Social distancing guidelines must be observed by food and entertainment businesses (automotive businesses not addressed).

43. TENNESSEE

• Tennessee State
  • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.

44. TEXAS

• Texas State
  • Allows most non-food retailers to remain open subject to social distancing guidelines.

45. UTAH

• Utah State
  • Stores that sell commodities and the entire transportation industry are exempt from the 10 person gathering limit but social distancing is recommended.

46. VERMONT

• Vermont State
• Exempts businesses providing transportation sector “equipment” (vehicles unclear), parts, repair and maintenance, provided retail operations are conducted online or by telephone and curbside pickup to the extent possible

47. VIRGINIA

• Virginia State
  • Exempts only auto repair and maintenance businesses.

48. WASHINGTON

• Washington State, as clarified
  • Exempts only auto repair and maintenance businesses.

49. WEST VIRGINIA

• West Virginia
  • Exempts auto dealers and auto repair and maintenance businesses.

50. WISCONSIN

• Wisconsin State
  • Exempts auto dealers and auto repair and maintenance businesses.

51. WYOMING

• Wyoming State
  • Exempts auto repair businesses and retailers where more than 10 people may be present but are generally at least 6 feet apart.