1-1-216. Legal holidays and business days. (1) The following are legal holidays in the state of Montana:

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  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201

(a)Each Sunday;

(b)New Year’s Day, January 1;

(c)Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January;

(d)Lincoln’s and Washington’s Birthdays, 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)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 subsection (1)(b) through (1)(l) fall on a Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday.

(b)If any of the holidays in subsection (1)(b) through (1)(l) fall on a Saturday, the Friday preceding is a holiday.

(c)All other days are business days.