2017 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 1 - General Provisions
§ 1-301 Holidays enumerated
1-301. Holidays enumerated
A. The following days shall be holidays:
1. Sunday of each week.
2. January 1, " New Year's Day" .
3. Third Monday in January, " Martin Luther King, Jr./Civil Rights Day" .
4. Third Monday in February, " Lincoln/Washington Presidents' Day" .
5. Second Sunday in May, " Mothers' Day" .
6. Last Monday in May, " Memorial Day" .
7. Third Sunday in June, " Fathers' Day" .
8. July 4, " Independence Day" .
9. First Sunday in August, " American Family Day" .
10. First Monday in September, " Labor Day" .
11. September 17, " Constitution Commemoration Day" .
12. Second Monday in October, " Columbus Day" .
13. November 11, " Veterans' Day" .
14. Fourth Thursday in November, " Thanksgiving Day" .
15. December 25, " Christmas Day" .
B. When any of the holidays enumerated in subsection A falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday, with the exception of the holidays enumerated in subsection A, paragraphs 1, 5, 7, 9 and 11.
C. When any of the holidays enumerated in subsection A, paragraphs 2, 8, 13 and 15 falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday.
D. When the holiday enumerated in subsection A, paragraph 11 falls on a day other than Sunday, the Sunday preceding September 17 shall be observed as such holiday.
