COVID-19 Orders:
States and provinces that have Identified Auto Parts Suppliers as Essential Businesses
Many states and provinces have issued stay-at-home orders or similar orders which require certain businesses to cease operations for a period of time to combat COVID-19. Most of these orders contain provisions which allow certain businesses to continue to operate (businesses which are allowed to continue to operate are often referred to as Essential Businesses, Life-Sustaining Businesses, or other similar designations).
Below are the states which have issued such orders and which seem to indicate that auto parts suppliers may continue operating (along with links to orders and/or other guidance provided by such states). The following is not legal advice and is provided for informational or reference purposes only. Many states are issuing additional orders and guidance fairly regularly and, as a result, the following information may be incomplete. Furthermore, many local governments are also issuing orders and/or guidance which you should also consider.
Each business should make its own determination as to whether it can or should remain open, and should contact an attorney and/or the appropriate state or local agencies if it has questions about whether it can continue operating under the various orders which may apply to its business location.
Below are the states which have issued such orders and which seem to indicate that auto parts suppliers may continue operating (along with links to orders and/or other guidance provided by such states). The following is not legal advice and is provided for informational or reference purposes only. Many states are issuing additional orders and guidance fairly regularly and, as a result, the following information may be incomplete. Furthermore, many local governments are also issuing orders and/or guidance which you should also consider.
Each business should make its own determination as to whether it can or should remain open, and should contact an attorney and/or the appropriate state or local agencies if it has questions about whether it can continue operating under the various orders which may apply to its business location.
United States
Arizona Essential Businesses Order
Arizona Executive Order
Arizona Stay Home Stay Healthy Stay Connected 1.0
Arizona Executive Order
Arizona Stay Home Stay Healthy Stay Connected 1.0
Florida - Alachua County Essential Businesses Order
Florida - Broward County PPBMP for Salvage Facilities
Florida - Broward County Essential Businesses Order
Florida - Southeast Florida - Essential Businesses Order
Florida Executive Order Essential Businesses
Florida Governor's Order
Florida - Broward County PPBMP for Salvage Facilities
Florida - Broward County Essential Businesses Order
Florida - Southeast Florida - Essential Businesses Order
Florida Executive Order Essential Businesses
Florida Governor's Order
Michigan Stay at Home Order 2020
Michigan Essential Businesses Order
Michigan - Oakland County Essential Businesses Order
Michigan Essential Businesses Order
Michigan - Oakland County Essential Businesses Order
Tennessee Essential Businesses Order
Tennessee - Knox County Essential Businesses Order
Tennessee - Memphis Essential Businesses Order
Tennessee - Knox County Essential Businesses Order
Tennessee - Memphis Essential Businesses Order
Texas - Longview Essential Businesses
Texas - Longview 2020-03-25 COVID 19 1st Amend Declaration of Local Disaster
Texas - San Antonio Essential Businesses Order
Texas Executive Order
Texas - Longview 2020-03-25 COVID 19 1st Amend Declaration of Local Disaster
Texas - San Antonio Essential Businesses Order
Texas Executive Order
Canada
Ontario
An Essential Workplace includes stores that sell vehicle parts and supplies, and provide them to the customer only through an alternative method of sale such as curb side pick-up or delivery; Vehicle and equipment repair and essential maintenance and vehicle and equipment rental services
https://www.ontario.ca/page/list-essential-workplaces
Quebec
Essential transportation and logistics services: service stations and mechanical repair of motor vehicles, trucks and specialized equipment for industries are deemed essential activities.
https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/essential-services-commercial-activities-covid19/
British Columbia
Employees who repair, maintain and overhaul vehicles, aircraft and parts, rail equipment, marine vessels, and the equipment and infrastructure that enables operations that encompass movement of cargo and passengers, as well as vehicle rentals and leasing; towing services and other vehicle repair/maintenance operations are all listed as Essential Services.
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020PSSG0020-000568
Alberta
Services stations and mechanical repair of motor vehicles, trucks and specialized equipment for industries, including unmanned air/ground vehicles. Motor vehicle, auto-supply, auto and motor-vehicle-repair, including bicycle repair, aircraft repair, heavy equipment repair, watercraft/marine craft repairs, car and truck dealerships and related facilities are all listed as Essential Services and permitted to provide services at locations accessible to the public.
https://www.alberta.ca/essential-services.aspx
Saskatchewan
Service stations and mechanical repair of motor vehicles, trucks and specialized equipment for industries. Automotive dealers, auto repair and autobody shops are all listed under Allowable Business Services.
Manitoba
A business that services or repairs vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, bicycles and includes car, truck and farm equipment dealerships and related facilities and auto supply stores and other similar retail businesses. A business that provides towing services or roadside repair assistance. All of these businesses are listed in the Schedule and do not need to close.
https://www.gov.mb.ca/asset_library/en/proactive/2019_2020/orders-soe-03302020.pdf
Prince Edward Island
Auto repair shops are identified as Essential Services.
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/health-and-wellness/essential-and-non-essential-services-covid-19
Newfoundland and Labrador
Repair services are permitted to be open: telecommunications devices, plumbing, electrical, construction, heating, appliances, vehicles, emergency household cleaning and restoration and medical devices and equipment. All non-retail businesses can stay open, as long as workers can maintain physical distancing. Workers cannot be within six feet of each other or the clients they serve.
https://www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19/closures/
Nova Scotia
Essential service sectors in Nova Scotia do not list auto repair or auto service. Therefore any business can be open but must meet the five-person-or-fewer gathering rules. Individual business must also maintain social distancing and other public health protocols.
https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20200324003
New Brunswick
All businesses in retail sales must stop admitting patrons, except: grocery stores, pharmacies, automotive garages, post offices, financial and lending institutions, fuel retailers, hardware and automotive parts, and convenience stores. Owners and operators of locations where people may gather in large numbers must take all reasonable steps to prevent gatherings of more than 10 people; Owners and managers of all workplaces must take every reasonable step to ensure minimal interaction of people within two metres of each other; Carry out advice to minimize risk as issued by the chief medical officer of health. Employers are required to scale down operations to only essential workers. Employers will themselves define who is essential.
An Essential Workplace includes stores that sell vehicle parts and supplies, and provide them to the customer only through an alternative method of sale such as curb side pick-up or delivery; Vehicle and equipment repair and essential maintenance and vehicle and equipment rental services
https://www.ontario.ca/page/list-essential-workplaces
Quebec
Essential transportation and logistics services: service stations and mechanical repair of motor vehicles, trucks and specialized equipment for industries are deemed essential activities.
https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/essential-services-commercial-activities-covid19/
British Columbia
Employees who repair, maintain and overhaul vehicles, aircraft and parts, rail equipment, marine vessels, and the equipment and infrastructure that enables operations that encompass movement of cargo and passengers, as well as vehicle rentals and leasing; towing services and other vehicle repair/maintenance operations are all listed as Essential Services.
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020PSSG0020-000568
Alberta
Services stations and mechanical repair of motor vehicles, trucks and specialized equipment for industries, including unmanned air/ground vehicles. Motor vehicle, auto-supply, auto and motor-vehicle-repair, including bicycle repair, aircraft repair, heavy equipment repair, watercraft/marine craft repairs, car and truck dealerships and related facilities are all listed as Essential Services and permitted to provide services at locations accessible to the public.
https://www.alberta.ca/essential-services.aspx
Saskatchewan
Service stations and mechanical repair of motor vehicles, trucks and specialized equipment for industries. Automotive dealers, auto repair and autobody shops are all listed under Allowable Business Services.
Manitoba
A business that services or repairs vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, bicycles and includes car, truck and farm equipment dealerships and related facilities and auto supply stores and other similar retail businesses. A business that provides towing services or roadside repair assistance. All of these businesses are listed in the Schedule and do not need to close.
https://www.gov.mb.ca/asset_library/en/proactive/2019_2020/orders-soe-03302020.pdf
Prince Edward Island
Auto repair shops are identified as Essential Services.
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/health-and-wellness/essential-and-non-essential-services-covid-19
Newfoundland and Labrador
Repair services are permitted to be open: telecommunications devices, plumbing, electrical, construction, heating, appliances, vehicles, emergency household cleaning and restoration and medical devices and equipment. All non-retail businesses can stay open, as long as workers can maintain physical distancing. Workers cannot be within six feet of each other or the clients they serve.
https://www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19/closures/
Nova Scotia
Essential service sectors in Nova Scotia do not list auto repair or auto service. Therefore any business can be open but must meet the five-person-or-fewer gathering rules. Individual business must also maintain social distancing and other public health protocols.
https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20200324003
New Brunswick
All businesses in retail sales must stop admitting patrons, except: grocery stores, pharmacies, automotive garages, post offices, financial and lending institutions, fuel retailers, hardware and automotive parts, and convenience stores. Owners and operators of locations where people may gather in large numbers must take all reasonable steps to prevent gatherings of more than 10 people; Owners and managers of all workplaces must take every reasonable step to ensure minimal interaction of people within two metres of each other; Carry out advice to minimize risk as issued by the chief medical officer of health. Employers are required to scale down operations to only essential workers. Employers will themselves define who is essential.
