Legal Holidays

The following Holidays are observed by Washington County. The Courthouse and many of the County Departments are closed on these days:

January 1: New Year's Day
Third Monday in January: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
Third Monday in February: President's Day
March 31: Cesar Estrada Chavez's Birthday
Last Monday in May: Memorial Day
July 4th: Independence Day
Second Monday in October: Columbus Day
November 11: Veteran's Day
4th Thursday in November: Thanksgiving
December 25: Christmas Day

These Holidays are enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1. 24-11-101 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes

Other legal holidays include any day appointed or recommended by the governor of this state or the president of the United States as a day of fasting or prayer or thanksgiving. By Statute, all of these are declared to be legal holidays and shall, for all purposes whatsoever, as regards the presenting for payment or acceptance and the protesting and giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, drafts, bank checks, promissory notes, or other negotiable instruments and also for the holding of courts, be treated and considered as is the first day of the week commonly called Sunday.

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Legal Holidays