Judicial Holidays—Transaction of Business

(a) Judicial Holidays. Subject to the provisions of AS 22.10.050 and AS 22.15.090, no court shall be open for the transaction of business on any judicial holiday as defined in this rule unless ordered by the presiding judge for good cause shown. Judicial holidays are: (1) Every Sunday; (2) The first of January, known as New Year’s Day; (3) The third Monday of January, known as Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday; (4) The third Monday in February, known as President’s Day; (5) The last Monday of March, known as Seward’s Day; (6) The last Monday in May, known as Memorial Day; (7) The 19th of June, known as Juneteenth; (8) The fourth of July, known as Independence Day; (9) The first Monday in September, known as Labor Day; (10) The 18th of October, known as Alaska Day; 20 (12) The fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving Day; (13) The 25th of December, known as Christmas Day; (14) Every day designated by public proclamation by the President of the United States or the Governor of the state as a legal holiday. If any day specified or provided for as a holiday in this rule falls on a day appointed for the holding or sitting of a court, or to which it is adjourned, it shall be deemed appointed for or adjourned to the next day not a judicial holiday. (b) Holidays Falling on Sunday or Saturday. If any holiday designated in Rule 16(a)(2) through (13) falls upon a Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday and if it falls on a Saturday, the Friday preceding is a holiday. (c) Special or Limited Holidays. On any special or limited holiday, all courts shall be open and function in their normal and usual manner. A special or limited holiday is a holiday applying only to a special class or classes of business, or a special class or classes of persons, and not appointed to be generally observed throughout the state by all classes of business and all classes of persons. (Adopted by SCO 412 effective July 1, 1980; amended by SCO 977 effective January 15, 1990; and by SCO 2036 effective April 15, 2025)