NRS 236.015

Legal holidays; closing of state, county and city offices, courts, public schools and Nevada System of Higher Education

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Dietrich v. John Ascuaga's Nugget (2008)

Most recently applied in PUB. EMPLOYEES' RET. SYS. OF NEV. v. LAS VEGAS MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS ASS'N (November 2025)

(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)

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1. The following days are declared to be legal holidays for state, county and city governmental offices:

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.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.