No, states are not required to follow White House order to fly flags at half-staff in memory of former President Jimmy Carter.

After President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis directed that U.S. flags be flown at half-staff for 30 days from the date of Carter's death, Trump has raised the flag back to full height

Former President Jimmy Carter's funeral services were held at the National Cathedral, attended by former presidents and dignitaries.

President Joe Biden appointed Jan. 9, as a day of mourning for Jimmy Carter for people to 'pay homage to the memory' of the former president.

The ceremonies will conclude in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he will be buried beside his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, who passed away in 2023. Together, the Carters had long planned their modest resting place in Plains, where they began their lives together on a peanut farm.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered flags at state buildings to be at full-staff for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20 despite a 30-day mourning for former President Jimmy Carter.

Flags are supposed to fly at half-staff through the end of January out of respect for former President Jimmy Carter , who died on Dec. 29. A large flag on Trump’s property in Palm Beach was initially lowered to half-staff according to protocol but has since been raised in the days after Carter was buried Thursday in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

Flags at the Capitol will return to half-staff for the late President Jimmy Carter's mourning period after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.