{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-103-4","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-4","heading":"Dates of public holidays.","body":"(a)\tThe following are declared to be legal public holidays:\n(1)\tNew Year's Day, January 1.\n(1a)\tMartin Luther King, Jr.'s, Birthday, the third Monday in January.\n(2)\tRobert E. Lee's Birthday, January 19.\n(3)\tWashington's Birthday, the third Monday in February.\n(3a)\tGreek Independence Day, March 25.\n(4)\tAnniversary of signing of Halifax Resolves, April 12.\n(5)\tConfederate Memorial Day, May 10.\n(6)\tAnniversary of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, May 20.\n(7)\tMemorial Day, the last Monday in May.\n(8)\tGood Friday.\n(9)\tIndependence Day, July 4.\n(10)\tLabor Day, the first Monday in September.\n(10a)\tFirst Responders Day, September 11.\n(11)\tColumbus Day, the second Monday in October.\n(11a)\tYom Kippur.\n(12)\tVeterans Day, November 11.\n(13)\tTuesday after the first Monday in November in years in which a general election is to be held.\n(14)\tThanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November.\n(15)\tChristmas Day, December 25.\n(b)\tWhenever 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.)","path":["Chapter 103. Sundays, Holidays and Special Days."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_103/GS_103-4.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:15:07Z","sha256":"a1ee912a233801bd4b0ed99e3df54d2a57f0b8722548efc321d5796f25d3ca96","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-103-3","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-103-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}