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Fla. Stat. § 683.01 (2025)
Legal holidays.
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683.01 Legal holidays.—
(1) The legal holidays, which are also public holidays, are the following:
(a) Sunday, the first day of each week.
(b) New Year’s Day, January 1.
(c) Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15.
(d) Birthday of Robert E. Lee, January 19.
(e) Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12.
(f) Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday, February 15.
(g) Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February.
(h) Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day, the fourth Thursday in March.
(i) Good Friday.
(j) Pascua Florida Day, April 2.
(k) Confederate Memorial Day, April 26.
(l) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.
(m) Birthday of Jefferson Davis, June 3.
(n) Flag Day, June 14.
(o) Independence Day, July 4.
(p) Labor Day, the first Monday in September.
(q) Columbus Day and Farmers’ Day, the second Monday in October.
(r) Veterans’ Day, November 11.
(s) General Election Day.
(t) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November.
(u) Christmas Day, December 25.
(v) Shrove Tuesday, sometimes also known as “Mardi Gras,” in counties where carnival associations are organized for the purpose of celebrating the same.
(2) Whenever any legal holiday shall fall upon a Sunday, the Monday next following shall be deemed a public holiday for all and any of the purposes aforesaid.
History.—RS 2315, 2316; s. 1, ch. 4198, 1893; s. 1, ch. 4487, 1895; s. 1, ch. 4488, 1895; s. 1, ch. 5275, 1903; s. 1, ch. 5392, 1905; GS 3102; s. 1, ch. 6872, 1915; RGS 4846; CGL 6932; s. 1, ch. 16067, 1933; s. 1, ch. 20250, 1941; s. 1, ch. 20525, 1941; s. 1, ch. 22610, 1945; s. 1, ch. 29926, 1955; s. 1, ch. 69-24; s. 1, ch. 73-44; s. 1, ch. 75-158; s. 1, ch. 77-423; s. 1, ch. 78-30; s. 1, ch. 78-298; s. 1, ch. 90-59; s. 1, ch. 2024-83.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1950–2024 · leading case: Cummins Alabama, Inc. v. Allbritten, 548 So. 2d 258 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).
Cummins Alabama, Inc. v. Allbritten, 548 So. 2d 258 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). “090(a) is to be interpreted solely by reference to the statutory definition of "legal holiday" found in section 683.01, Florida Statutes (1987). Since section 683.”
State v. Garber, 726 So. 2d 338 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999). “When the period of time prescribed or allowed shall be less than 7 days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation, except for the periods of time of less than 7 days contained in rules 3.”
Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003). “*1082 Statutory References § 683.01, Fla. Stat. Legal holidays. § 731.”
Flack v. Carter, 392 So. 2d 37 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). “Section 683.01(n), Florida Statutes (1977), provides that Veterans' Day shall be observed as a legal holiday on November 11.”
Cammack v. Waihee, 932 F.2d 765 (9th Cir. 1991). “(1)(a) (West Supp.1990); Md.Ann.Code art. 1, § 27(a)(6) (Supp.”
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Kenyon, 826 So. 2d 370 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002). “The list of legal holidays in section 683.01(1), Florida Statutes (2001), includes Robert E.”
City of St. Petersburg v. Div. of Admin., State Dep't of Transp., 276 So. 2d 229 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973). “Section 683.01, F.S.A., as the last Monday in May is considered to be the legal holiday when such term is used in the Rules of Civil Procedure.”
Florida Bar, 537 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1988). “*509 Statutory References F.S. 683.01 Legal holidays. F.S. 731.111 Notice to creditors.”
Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules, 458 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1984). “Statutory Reference F.S. 683.01 Legal holidays. Rule Reference Fla.”
Turner v. State, 382 So. 2d 780 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980). “That day is a “legal holiday” according to Section 683.01, Florida Statutes (1977). Appellant was not brought to trial the next day, Friday, November 24th, 1978, because the chief judge of the Seventeenth Circuit had theretofore entered an administrative order declaring November…”
In Re Amend. to Florida Prob. Rules, 986 So. 2d 576 (Fla. 2008). “§ 683.01, Fla. Stat. Legal holidays. § 731.”
State v. Jones, 332 So. 2d 699 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). “It provides that "the last day of the period so computed shall be counted, unless it is Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, in which event the period shall run until the end of the next day which is either a Saturday, Sunday nor a legal holiday.”
— 683.01(1) — 3 cases
City of St. Petersburg v. Div. of Admin., State Dep't of Transp., 276 So. 2d 229 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973). “Section 683.01, F.S.A., as the last Monday in May is considered to be the legal holiday when such term is used in the Rules of Civil Procedure.”
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Kenyon, 826 So. 2d 370 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002). “The list of legal holidays in section 683.01(1), Florida Statutes (2001), includes Robert E.”
State v. Jones, 332 So. 2d 699 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). “It provides that "the last day of the period so computed shall be counted, unless it is Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, in which event the period shall run until the end of the next day which is either a Saturday, Sunday nor a legal holiday.”
— 683.01(2) — 1 case
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Kenyon, 826 So. 2d 370 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002). “The list of legal holidays in section 683.01(1), Florida Statutes (2001), includes Robert E.”
— 683.01(l)(h) — 1 case
Cammack v. Waihee, 932 F.2d 765 (9th Cir. 1991). “(1)(a) (West Supp.1990); Md.Ann.Code art. 1, § 27(a)(6) (Supp.”
— 683.01(n) — 1 case
Flack v. Carter, 392 So. 2d 37 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). “Section 683.01(n), Florida Statutes (1977), provides that Veterans' Day shall be observed as a legal holiday on November 11.”
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