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The Louisiana Courts of Appeal are divided into five circuits.

To learn which court has jurisdiction over a specific parish, point your computer's mouse over that parish on the map below, then left-click one time.  After a few moments, the page will automatically advance to the specified parish.

FIRST CIRCUIT

Parishes: Acsension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feleciana. Iberville, Lafourche, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.

SECOND CIRCUIT

Parishes: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Tensas, Union, Webster, West Carroll and Winn.

THIRD CIRCUIT

Parishes: Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, La Salle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion and Vernon.

 FOURTH CIRCUIT

Parishes: Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard.

 FIFTH CIRCUIT

Parishes: Jefferson, St. Charles, St. James and St. John the Baptist.