18.90 – Flags-National, State

The national flag will be flown at half-staff on the deaths of those prescribed in the National Flag Code or on special request from Washington.  (Typically the flags are lowered from the date of a death through the date of funeral services.)  The state flag will be flown at half-staff on the occasion of the death of any of the following: regent, past regent, president, past president, vice president, dean, and others as decided by the administration.