Ohio has two lists of days that matter to a deadline, and they do not match. The legal holidays are the eleven days R.C. 1.14 names; a deadline whose last day falls on one runs to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday (Civ.R. 6(A), App.R. 14(A)). The days clerks’ offices are closed are set by practice, and the same Civil Rule 6(A) runs a deadline past a day “the clerk’s office is closed”, which the appellate rule does not. In 2027 the two lists differ on four Fridays.
The R.C. 1.14 list and the Sunday rule
The statute names New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Washington-Lincoln Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, plus any day the Governor or the President appoints as a holiday. When one of them falls on a Sunday, the next day is a legal holiday, which in 2027 moves Independence Day to Monday, July 5. The statute has no Saturday rule, so Juneteenth on Saturday, June 19 and Christmas on Saturday, December 25 stay where they are for computing time. The section was read in the official text on codes.ohio.gov on .
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| New Year's Day | |
| Martin Luther King Day | |
| Washington-Lincoln Day | |
| Memorial Day | |
| Juneteenth weekend — no weekday off | |
| Independence Day | |
| Labor Day | |
| Columbus Day | |
| Veterans' Day | |
| Thanksgiving Day | |
| Christmas Day weekend — no weekday off |
Computed from R.C. 1.14 (Ohio Revised Code, codes.ohio.gov). No official 2027 list has been loaded; confirm with your court.
Four Fridays the statute does not close
State offices observe a Saturday holiday on the Friday before, and the Supreme Court of Ohio follows the same practice and closes on the day after Thanksgiving. That gives four Fridays in 2027 on which most clerks’ doors are shut without a legal holiday behind them: June 18 for Juneteenth, November 26 after Thanksgiving, December 24 for Christmas and December 31 for New Year’s Day 2028. Under Civil Rule 6(A) a deadline that lands on a day the clerk’s office is closed, or closes early, runs to the next open day, but the calculator cannot know which offices closed. It shows the strict statutory date first and these closures in a second reading. The Court’s Holiday Filing Rule page confirmed the 2026 list and the observance practice on but had not yet posted its 2027 dates, so the four Fridays below are computed from that practice.
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Juneteenth (observed Friday) | |
| Day after Thanksgiving | |
| Christmas (observed Friday) | |
| New Year's Day 2028 (observed Friday) |
Source: Supreme Court of Ohio observance practice (Holiday Filing Rule page, read 2026-11-08) · verified 2026-11-08.
Columbus Day and the Supreme Court’s Clerk
Columbus Day shows the gap running the other way. It is a legal holiday under R.C. 1.14, so a common pleas deadline that ends on Monday, October 11 moves to Tuesday, yet the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Ohio is open to the public that day. In the Supreme Court the day is still a legal holiday for the last day of a period (S.Ct.Prac.R. 3.03(A)(1)), but a filing can be made in person. The Supreme Court’s practice rules differ from Civil Rule 6 in a second way that matters near holidays: periods of fewer than seven days include intermediate weekends and holidays (S.Ct.Prac.R. 3.03(A)(2)), so a ten-day period that straddles Thanksgiving week ends sooner in Columbus than it would in a trial court. The Ohio calculator offers the Supreme Court’s counting method as a separate rule.
Download the Ohio 2027 lists
- Ohio legal holidays (R.C. 1.14) 2027: iCalendar (.ics) · CSV
- Ohio clerk closures that are not legal holidays 2027: iCalendar (.ics) · CSV
Import the first file to see the days that move a deadline by statute and the second to see the days to call the clerk about. Both are regenerated whenever a list changes, the changelog records each change, and the 2027 overview shows every court system side by side.
Questions about Ohio holidays in 2027
Is the day after Thanksgiving a legal holiday in Ohio in 2027?
No. is not among the eleven holidays of R.C. 1.14, so a deadline that lands on it is due that day under the statute. The Supreme Court of Ohio and most county clerks close, and Civil Rule 6(A) runs a deadline past a day the clerk’s office is closed, so the calculator shows November 26 first and Monday, November 29 as the closed-office reading.
What happens to Ohio deadlines when Christmas 2027 falls on a Saturday?
December 25 stays the legal holiday; R.C. 1.14 moves a Sunday holiday to Monday but says nothing about Saturdays. A deadline landing on Saturday, December 25 runs to Monday, December 27 because of the weekend. State offices close on Friday, December 24, but that Friday is not a legal holiday, so a deadline due that day stands unless your clerk’s office is closed.
Is Columbus Day a court holiday in Ohio?
For counting time, yes: is a legal holiday under R.C. 1.14, so a deadline that falls on it runs to Tuesday, October 12, even though the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Ohio keeps the office open to the public that day.