Arizona’s legal holidays for counting court deadlines are those of A.R.S. § 1-301, which Rule 6(a) of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure, the appellate rules and the justice court rules all adopt. The statute lists more days than it closes: several of its holidays are defined to fall on a Sunday every year, so the days that can actually stop a deadline are the ten weekday holidays below. The statute was read on azleg.gov on , and the 2027 dates match the Maricopa County Superior Court’s published schedule except for Columbus Day.
Ten weekday holidays and a narrow Saturday rule
New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr./Civil Rights Day, Lincoln/Washington Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Subsection B moves any Sunday holiday to Monday, which puts Independence Day on . Subsection C is narrower than the federal rule: only New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Veterans’ Day and Christmas move to the Friday before when they fall on a Saturday. In 2027 that closes Friday, December 24 for Christmas and Friday, December 31 for New Year’s Day 2028.
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| New Year's Day | |
| Martin Luther King, Jr./Civil Rights Day | |
| Lincoln/Washington Presidents' Day | |
| Memorial Day | |
| Independence Day (observed) | |
| Labor Day | |
| Columbus Day | |
| Veterans' Day | |
| Thanksgiving Day | |
| Christmas Day (observed) | |
| New Year's Day 2028 (observed) |
Source: A.R.S. § 1-301 applied to 2027 (statute read 2026-11-09); matches the Maricopa County Superior Court 2027 schedule except Columbus Day; the Friday observance of New Year's Day 2028 follows § 1-301(C) · verified 2026-11-09.
Where the courts and the statute part ways
Two days need care. Columbus Day, Monday, October 11, is a legal holiday under § 1-301 and moves a deadline, but the Maricopa County Superior Court keeps its doors open; the earlier filing is allowed, not required. The day after Thanksgiving works the other way: it is not a § 1-301 holiday, yet Maricopa’s courts close. A deadline that lands on Friday, November 26 is due that day under Rule 6(a) unless the court was inaccessible, and the calculator shows the Friday as the date. Juneteenth is not a state legal holiday in Arizona at all.
Short periods across the year-end Fridays
Arizona’s Rule 6(a) skips weekends and legal holidays inside any period of ten days or fewer, a longer window than the seven days most states use. A ten-day response period that begins on skips Friday, December 24, the weekend, Friday, December 31 and the next weekend, and ends on . The five days that Rule 6(c) adds for mail and electronic service are added after that count and then rolled again. The Arizona calculator does both steps.
Download the Arizona 2027 list
- Arizona legal holidays (A.R.S. § 1-301) 2027: iCalendar (.ics) · CSV
The file is regenerated whenever the statute changes; the changelog records each change, and the 2027 overview compares every court system.
Questions about Arizona holidays in 2027
Is the day after Thanksgiving a legal holiday in Arizona?
No. A.R.S. § 1-301 does not list it, so does not move a deadline under Rule 6(a), although some courts, including Maricopa County’s, close that day by their own schedule. The calculator treats the Friday as a court day; if your court was closed, check its notice before relying on a later date.
Is Columbus Day an Arizona court holiday in 2027?
Under the statute, yes: is a § 1-301 holiday and moves a deadline that lands on it. The Maricopa County Superior Court nevertheless stays open that day, so filing on it is possible even though it is not required.
Why is Juneteenth not on the Arizona list?
Section 1-301 does not include it as a state legal holiday, so Friday, June 18 and do not affect an Arizona court deadline beyond the ordinary weekend rule.