CalCourtDeadlines.com

California civil litigation deadline calculators — CCP-cited, court-holiday aware, free.

CalCourtDeadlines.com — generated Friday, July 24, 2026. Rules verified July 24, 2026. Not legal advice; verify against the cited code sections and local rules.

Every day California courts are closed, 2026 and 2027

Generated by the same function every deadline on this site is rolled against (CCP § 12a). Four of these are not federal holidays, which is where out-of-state calendars and generic date pickers go wrong. Print it.

Not legal advice. Core CCP rules checked against Westlaw (via CoCounsel legal research) on July 24, 2026. County local rules are paraphrased summaries; individual department standing orders are NOT included. Verify every date against the operative code sections and your court’s rules before relying on it.

2026

14 weekday closures. Saturdays and Sundays are judicial holidays too (CCP § 135), so a deadline landing on one rolls as well.
DateCourt closureFederal holiday?
THUJan 1, 2026New Year's DayYes
MONJan 19, 2026Martin Luther King, Jr. DayYes
THUFeb 12, 2026Lincoln's BirthdayNo — California only
MONFeb 16, 2026Presidents' DayYes
TUEMar 31, 2026Cesar Chavez DayNo — California only
MONMay 25, 2026Memorial DayYes
FRIJun 19, 2026JuneteenthYes
FRIJul 3, 2026Independence Day (observed)Yes
MONSep 7, 2026Labor DayYes
FRISep 25, 2026Native American DayNo — California only
WEDNov 11, 2026Veterans DayYes
THUNov 26, 2026ThanksgivingYes
FRINov 27, 2026Day after ThanksgivingNo — California only
FRIDec 25, 2026ChristmasYes

2027

14 weekday closures. Saturdays and Sundays are judicial holidays too (CCP § 135), so a deadline landing on one rolls as well.
DateCourt closureFederal holiday?
FRIJan 1, 2027New Year's DayYes
MONJan 18, 2027Martin Luther King, Jr. DayYes
FRIFeb 12, 2027Lincoln's BirthdayNo — California only
MONFeb 15, 2027Presidents' DayYes
WEDMar 31, 2027Cesar Chavez DayNo — California only
MONMay 31, 2027Memorial DayYes
FRIJun 18, 2027Juneteenth (observed)Yes
MONJul 5, 2027Independence Day (observed)Yes
MONSep 6, 2027Labor DayYes
FRISep 24, 2027Native American DayNo — California only
THUNov 11, 2027Veterans DayYes
THUNov 25, 2027ThanksgivingYes
FRINov 26, 2027Day after ThanksgivingNo — California only
FRIDec 24, 2027Christmas (observed)Yes

The days that trip people up

Columbus Day is a federal holiday and California courts are open. Lunar New Year, Diwali, Genocide Remembrance Day (April 24) and Admission Day (September 9) are California state holidays but not judicial holidays — the courts are open and your clock keeps running (CCP § 135, Gov. Code § 6700).

Those five are the errors this engine was built to avoid. Native American Day is the one it initially got wrong: statutory analysis and the published calendar disagreed, and the official Judicial Council calendar won. Courts do close on the fourth Friday in September, and the engine was corrected to match the calendar rather than the analysis.

Individual superior courts may also close by emergency order under Government Code § 68115 — see Rowan v. Kirkpatrick (2020) 54 Cal.App.5th 289. Those closures are not in this list and cannot be predicted. Re-verify against the published calendar every year; it is the source of truth, not this page.

Holiday list verified against the official Judicial Council calendar on July 24, 2026.

Rules current as of July 24, 2026 · CCP amendments through January 1, 2025 · engine v1.0.0