Holiday Closures

The circuit court will be closed on the holidays set out in ORS 187.010. That statute provides as follows for holiday closings and the effect of a holiday closing:
"187.010 Legal holidays; acts deferred to next business day;...

(1) The following days are legal holidays in this state:

• (a) Each Sunday
• (b) New Year’s Day on January 1
• (c) Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday on the third Monday in January
• (d) Presidents Day, for the purpose of commemorating Presidents Washington and Lincoln, on the third Monday in February
• (e) Memorial Day on the last Monday in May
• (f) Independence Day on July 4
• (g) Labor Day on the first Monday in September
• (h) Veterans Day on November 11
• (i) Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in November
• (j) Christmas Day on December 25

(2) Each time a holiday, other than Sunday, listed in subsection (1) of this section falls on Sunday, the succeeding Monday shall be a legal holiday. Each time a holiday listed in subsection (1) of this section falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be a legal holiday.

(3) Any act authorized, required or permitted to be performed on a holiday as designated in this section may be performed on the next succeeding business day; and no liability or loss of rights of any kind shall result from such delay...."

For the complete list of 2012 observed holidays and furlough dates, on which the Court will be closed, please see 2012 Planned Closures (pdf 16 KB).