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Nevada Revised Statutes
Title 19 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRSChapter 236 - HOLIDAYS AND PERIODS OF OBSERVANCE
HOLIDAYS
Section 236.015 - Legal holidays; closing of state, county and city offices, courts, public schools and Nevada System of Higher Education

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 236.015

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Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1
Section 236.015 - Legal holidays; closing of state, county and city offices, courts, public schools and Nevada System of Higher Education
1. The following days are declared to be legal holidays for state, county and city governmental offices:

January 1 (New Year's Day)

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday is on January 15 but is to be observed on the third Monday in January

Washington's birthday is on February 22 but is to be observed on the third Monday in February

Last Monday in May (Memorial Day)

June 19 (Juneteenth Day)

July 4 (Independence Day)

First Monday in September (Labor Day)

Nevada Day is October 31 but is to be observed on the last Friday in October

November 11 (Veterans Day)

Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day)

Friday following the fourth Thursday in November (Family Day)

December 25 (Christmas Day)

Any day that may be appointed by the President of the United States for public fast, thanksgiving or as a legal holiday except for any Presidential appointment of the fourth Monday in October as Veterans Day.

2. Except as otherwise provided by NRS 293.560 and 293C.527, all state, county and city offices, courts, public schools and the Nevada System of Higher Education must close on the legal holidays enumerated in subsection 1 unless in the case of appointed holidays all or a part thereof are specifically exempted.
3. If January 1, June 19, July 4, November 11 or December 25 falls upon a:
(a) Sunday, the Monday following must be observed as a legal holiday.
(b) Saturday, the Friday preceding must be observed as a legal holiday.

NRS 236.015

Added to NRS by 1969, 560; A 1971, 589, 1320, 2083; 1975, 829; 1979, 603; 1987, 215; 1989, 684; 1993, 368, 2199; 1997, 3474, 3515; 1999, 679, 2410; 2023, 1463
Amended by 2023, Ch. 231,§1, eff. 6/8/2023.
Added to NRS by 1969, 560; A 1971, 589, 1320, 2083; 1975, 829; 1979, 603; 1987, 215; 1989, 684; 1993, 368, 2199; 1997, 3474, 3515; 1999, 679, 2410