COURTS

DISTRICT COURT:

The trial court with general jurisdiction is the District Court. Sixty-three (63) of our sixty-four (64) parishes are divided into forty (40) judicial districts. In addition, the Parish of Orleans has its own court system. Each judicial district has at least one whole parish in it, but never more than three (3) parishes. Natchitoches Parish alone makes up the Tenth (10 th) Judicial District, whose address is as follows:

COURT OF APPEAL:

Most cases appealed from the District Court are heard by the Court of Appeal for that district. In each Court of Appeal, a majority of the judges sitting in a case must concur to render judgment.

Natchitoches Parish , as well as the parishes of Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, LaSalle, Rapides, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion and Vernon, are under the jurisdiction of the Third Circuit Court of Appeal, whose address is as follows:

SUPREME COURT:

The Supreme Court of Louisiana is composed of a chief justice and six (6) associate justices, at least four of whom must concur to render judgment. The address and telephone number for the court are as follows:

U. S. DISTRICT COURT:

Natchitoches Parish is under the jurisdiction of the United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana, Alexandria Division, whose address is as follows:

BANKRUPTCY COURT:

The address for the Bankruptcy Court that has jurisdiction over Natchitoches Parish is as follows:

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