Legal Documents of Maryville

Code of Maryville

Maryville
Title 9 : Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 1 : Miscellaneous

9-107 : Private vehicle sales.

  1. For the purpose of this section, the following terms are defined and shall be construed as follows:


    1. "Private vehicle sale" means the offering for sale or exchange, or the sale or exchange, to the public of any vehicle including a car, truck or motorcycle (or any other type of vehicle that requires a license for operation on public streets) at a sale held on privately-owned residential property.
    2. "Residential property" means any real estate, lot or tract located in the City of Maryville which is used primarily for residential purposes.
  2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to advertise, promote, conduct or hold any private vehicle sale within the corporate limits of the City of Maryville except as provided herein.


    1. Not more than one (1) private vehicle sales may be held during any one (1) calendar year at any one (1) residential property. The vehicle offered for the private vehicle sale shall be owned at the time of the sale by the occupant of the residential property, and shall not have been purchased by the occupant for the purpose of resale.
    2. Each such private vehicle sale may last no longer than sixty (60) continuous days.
    3. Court ordered sales and sales by executors or administrators in the settlement of estates are exempted from the provisions of this section.
    4. Sales of vehicles which are advertised by newspaper or radio for private appointment only and which are not advertised by signs either on or off the premises or on the vehicle, and are not exhibited on the premises in such a manner to indicate public sale, are exempt from the provisions of this section. (1999 Code, § 9-107)
Date Last Updated: 12/22/2025
Codification Date: 06/01/2024

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Andy White
Vice-Mayor - Fred Metz
Council Member - Sarah Herron
Council Member - Tommy Hunt
Council Member - Drew Miles
City Manager - Greg McClain
Assistant City Manager - Kevin Stoltenberg
City Recorder/Financial Services Director - Sherri Phillips
City Attorney - Melanie Davis