Observed Holidays in Arizona

Monday holidays. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday (third Monday in January), Lincoln/Washington President's Day (third Monday in February), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), Labor Day (first Monday in September), and Columbus Day (second Monday in October).

Other holidays. Sundays, New Year's Day (January 1), Mother's Day (second Sunday in May), Father's Day (third Sunday in June), Independence Day (July 4), American Family Day (first Sunday in August), Constitution Day ( September 17), Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November) and Christmas Day (December 25).

Special rules. When any legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is a holiday and if it falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is a holiday.