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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-4 (2026)

Dates of public holidays

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(a) The following are declared to be legal public holidays:

(1) New Year's Day, January 1.

(1a) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, Birthday, the third Monday in January.

(2) Robert E. Lee's Birthday, January 19.

(3) Washington's Birthday, the third Monday in February.

(3a) Greek Independence Day, March 25.

(4) Anniversary of signing of Halifax Resolves, April 12.

(5) Confederate Memorial Day, May 10.

(6) Anniversary of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, May 20.

(7) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.

(8) Good Friday.

(9) Independence Day, July 4.

(10) Labor Day, the first Monday in September.

(10a) First Responders Day, September 11.

(11) Columbus Day, the second Monday in October.

(11a) Yom Kippur.

(12) Veterans Day, November 11.

(13) Tuesday after the first Monday in November in years in which a general election is to be held.

(14) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November.

(15) Christmas Day, December 25.

(b) Whenever any public holiday shall fall upon Sunday, the Monday following shall be a public holiday. (1881, c. 294; Code, s. 3784; 1891, c. 58; 1899, c. 410; 1901, c. 25; Rev., s. 2838; 1907, c. 996; 1909, c. 888; 1919, c. 287; C.S., s. 2959; 1935, c. 212; 1959, c. 1011; 1969, c. 521; 1973, c. 53; 1979, c. 84; 1981, c. 135; 1983, c. 1; 1987, c. 25, s. 1; c. 851, ss. 1, 2; c. 853, s. 2; 2017-57, s. 16B.6.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1962–2025 · leading case: State v. Patterson, 831 S.E.2d 619 (N.C. Ct. App. 2019).
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State v. Patterson, 831 S.E.2d 619 (N.C. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 53× “PATTERSON Opinion of the Court used in Chapter 27A, means any calendar day except Saturday, Sunday, or legal holidays declared in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-4 . Because Columbus day is a legal holiday pursuant to N.”
Cincinnati Ins. v. Dynamic Dev. Grp., LLC, 336 F. Supp. 2d 552 (M.D.N.C. 2004). · cites it 2× “N.C. Gen.Stat. § 103-4 (listing North Carolina's "legal public holidays”).”
Cammack v. Waihee, 932 F.2d 765 (9th Cir. 1991). “1990); N.C.Gen.Stat. § 103-4(a)(8) (Supp.1990); N.”
Hardbarger v. Deal, 127 S.E.2d 771 (N.C. 1962). · cites it 2× “In G.S. 103-4 certain specified days “are declared to be public holidays,” and a proviso declares “that Easter Monday and the thirtieth day of May shall be holidays for all State and national banks only.”
Kinlaw v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., 152 S.E.2d 329 (N.C. 1967). “” G.S. 103-4 provides that the first Monday in September of each and every year is a public holiday.”
N.C. State Conf. of the NAACP v. Alamance Cnty. (N.C. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-4 (a)(5) (2023). Thus, we conclude as a matter of law that the Monument was of the type intended to be covered by the General Assembly when it enacted the Monument Protection Law.”
McRoy v. Pitt Cnty., N.C. (N.C. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-4 (a)(5) (2023). Thus, we conclude as a matter of law that the Monument was of the type intended to be covered by the General Assembly when it enacted the Monument Protection Law.”
In re Country Lake Enter., Inc., 284 B.R. 223 (Bankr. E.D.N.C. 2002). · cites it 2× “N.C. Gen.Stat. § 103-4(3a) (2001). In an order dated September 13, 2002, Judge Boyle allowed the “Debtor-Appellant’s Emergency Motion to Remand Case to Bankruptcy Court for Reconsideration of Order(s) Appealed From” and remanded the matter to this court for reconsideration of…”
Religious Seasonal Decorations in Fed. Gov't Bldgs. (OLC 2021). “”); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-4 (a) (2020) (listing Good Friday, Yom Kippur, and Christmas—among others—as “legal public holidays”); La.”
Fleming v. Vance Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 298 S.E.2d 733 (N.C. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “115-157(1), defendant designated eleven legal holidays for the 1980-81 school year: 4 July; 1 September; 27, 28 November; 24, 25, 26 December; 1 January; 20, 21, 22 April. No designated legal holidays fell between 8 May and 18 June.”
Robbins v. Bowman, 176 S.E.2d 346 (N.C. Ct. App. 1970). “The statute, G.S. 103-4, declares that the first Monday in September is Labor Day and that it is a public holiday.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-4(3a) — 1 case
In re Country Lake Enter., Inc., 284 B.R. 223 (Bankr. E.D.N.C. 2002). “N.C. Gen.Stat. § 103-4(3a) (2001). In an order dated September 13, 2002, Judge Boyle allowed the “Debtor-Appellant’s Emergency Motion to Remand Case to Bankruptcy Court for Reconsideration of Order(s) Appealed From” and remanded the matter to this court for reconsideration of…”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-4(a) — 1 case
State v. Patterson, 831 S.E.2d 619 (N.C. Ct. App. 2019). “PATTERSON Opinion of the Court used in Chapter 27A, means any calendar day except Saturday, Sunday, or legal holidays declared in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-4 . Because Columbus day is a legal holiday pursuant to N.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-4(a)(8) — 1 case
Cammack v. Waihee, 932 F.2d 765 (9th Cir. 1991). “1990); N.C.Gen.Stat. § 103-4(a)(8) (Supp.1990); N.”
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