LEGAL HOLIDAYS
(as regulated by State Legislature)
Each clerk of a district court, parish court, and city court shall close his office on the following days:
- NEW YEAR’S DAY, January first
- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S BIRTHDAY, the Third Monday in January
- MARDI GRAS DAY
- WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY, the third Monday in February
- GOOD FRIDAY
- MEMORIAL DAY, the last Monday in May
- FOURTH OF JULY
- LABOR DAY, the first Monday in September
- ALL SAINTS’ DAY, November first
- INAUGURATION DAY, once in every four years in the City of Baton Rouge
- GENERAL ELECTION DAY, every two years
- VETERANS’ DAY, November eleventh
- THANKSGIVING DAY the fourth Thursday in November and the next day, Friday
- CHRISTMAS EVE DAY
- CHRISTMAS DAY
- NEW YEAR’S EVE DAY, December thirty-first
Whenever New Year’s Day, the Fourth of July, or Christmas Day falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be a holiday. Whenever New Year’s Day, the Fourth of July, or Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be a holiday.
In addition, each clerk of a district court shall close his office on the day upon which the governor has proclaimed a legal holiday pursuant to R.S. 1:55(B)(3) and on any day an emergency situation has been declared by the governor or the local governing authority and governmental entities, including the courthouse, have been ordered to close.
R.S. 1:55