Montana § 1-1-216 - Legal Holidays And Business Days
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§ 1-1-216. Legal Holidays And Business Days
Legal holidays and business days. (1) The following are legal holidays in the state of Montana: (a) each Sunday; (b) New Year's Day, January 1; (c) Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January; (d) Presidents' Day, the third Monday in February; (e) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; (f) Independence Day, July 4; (g) Labor Day, the first Monday in September; (h) Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day, the second Monday in October; (i) Veterans' Day, November 11; (j) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November; (k) Christmas Day, December 25; (l) state general election day. (2) (a) If any of the holidays in subsections (1)(b) through (1)(l) fall on a Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday. (b) If any of the holidays in subsections (1)(b) through (1)(l) fall on a Saturday, the Friday preceding is a holiday. (c) All other days are business days.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 1-1-216 ("Legal Holidays And Business Days") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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