NRS
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.
(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)
PERIODS OF OBSERVANCE
Notes of Decisions
Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. of Nev. v. Las Vegas Managers & Supervisors Ass'n, 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 55 (Nev. 2025).
· cites it 11× “Viewing NRS 236.015 in this light, the Juneteenth holiday became a state holiday when the national holiday was created and signed into law by the President, and when the intention to designate the day as a nationa! holiday was further expressed in the proclamation issued by the…”
Johnson (Corey) v. State (Nev. 2022).
· cites it 3× “015(8) (providing that “[w]Jorking day’ means every day of the week except Saturday, Sunday and any day declared to be a legal holiday pursuant to NRS 236.015” for purposes of Nevada’s Open Meeting Law); Williams v.”
Holly v. Arrieta (Nev. 2016).
“Cherry /1 Gibbotis 'Friday, November 28, 2014, was Family Day, a legal holiday under NRS 236.015(1). 2 Given our conclusion, it is unnecessary to reach appellants' other arguments that service was completed on October 30 or that the ADR Commissioner exceeded his authority in…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 236.015(1) — 4 cases
Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. of Nev. v. Las Vegas Managers & Supervisors Ass'n, 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 55 (Nev. 2025).
“Viewing NRS 236.015 in this light, the Juneteenth holiday became a state holiday when the national holiday was created and signed into law by the President, and when the intention to designate the day as a nationa! holiday was further expressed in the proclamation issued by the…”
Holly v. Arrieta (Nev. 2016).
“Cherry /1 Gibbotis 'Friday, November 28, 2014, was Family Day, a legal holiday under NRS 236.015(1). 2 Given our conclusion, it is unnecessary to reach appellants' other arguments that service was completed on October 30 or that the ADR Commissioner exceeded his authority in…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 236.015(2) — 3 cases
Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. of Nev. v. Las Vegas Managers & Supervisors Ass'n, 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 55 (Nev. 2025).
“Viewing NRS 236.015 in this light, the Juneteenth holiday became a state holiday when the national holiday was created and signed into law by the President, and when the intention to designate the day as a nationa! holiday was further expressed in the proclamation issued by the…”
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