§312. Courts of appeal; circuits and districts
There shall be five court of appeal circuits, which shall be subdivided into districts
as follows:
1.(a) First circuit. The parishes of Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East
Feliciana, Iberville, Lafourche, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. Mary, St.
Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana
shall compose the first circuit and the court of appeal for that circuit shall be known as
"Court of Appeal, First Circuit, State of Louisiana".
(b) Districts of first circuit. The parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Iberville,
Lafourche, Pointe Coupee, St. Mary, Terrebonne, and West Baton Rouge shall compose the
first district of the first circuit. The first district shall be further divided into two election
sections. Election section one shall be composed of Ascension Parish, Assumption Parish,
Iberville Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, and West Baton Rouge Parish. Election section two
shall be composed of Lafourche Parish, St. Mary Parish, and Terrebonne Parish. The parish
of East Baton Rouge shall compose the second district of the first circuit. The parishes of
East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington, and West
Feliciana shall compose the third district of the first circuit.
2.(a) Second circuit. The parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne,
DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Red River,
Richland, Tensas, Union, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn shall compose the second circuit,
and the court of appeal for that circuit shall be known as "Court of Appeal, Second Circuit,
State of Louisiana".
(b) Districts of second circuit. (i) The parishes of East Carroll, Franklin, Madison,
Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, and West Carroll shall compose the first district of
the second circuit. The first district shall be further divided into two election sections.
(aa) Election section one shall consist of East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish,
Precincts 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 of Morehouse Parish, Precincts 2-4,
3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 10-7,
10-8, 10-12, 10-13, 10-17, and 10-22 of Ouachita Parish, Tensas Parish, and Precincts 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 5A, and 6 of West Carroll Parish.
(bb) Election section two shall consist of Franklin Parish, Precincts 1, 2, 3, 5, 12, 13,
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 of Morehouse Parish, Precincts
1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-4A, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9,
5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-13, 5-14, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 5-19, 5-20, 5-21, 6-1, 6-2, 7-1, 8-1, 8-2,
9-1, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11, 10-14, 10-15, 10-16, 10-18, 10-19, 10-20, and 10-21 of Ouachita Parish, Richland Parish, and Precincts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
12A, 13, 14, 14A, 15, 16, and 17 of West Carroll Parish.
(ii) The parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caldwell, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union,
Webster, and Winn shall compose the second district of the second circuit. The second
district shall be further divided into two election sections.
(aa) Election section one shall consist of the parishes of Bienville, Caldwell,
Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union, and Winn.
(bb) Election section two shall consist of the parishes of Bossier and Webster.
(iii) The parishes of Caddo, DeSoto, and Red River shall compose the third district
of the second circuit. The third district shall be further divided into two election sections.
(aa) Election section one shall consist of Precincts 1, 3, 5, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60,
61, 65, 67, 71, 73A, 73B, 80, 81, 84, 86, 96, 130, and 131 of Caddo Parish.
(bb) Election section two shall consist of Precincts 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 47, 48, 49, 56A, 56B, 57, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74,
75, 76A, 76B, 77, 78, 79, 82A, 82B, 83A, 83B, 85A, 85B, 87, 88, 89A, 89B, 89C, 90A, 90B,
91A, 91B, 92, 93, 94, 95A, 95B, 97A, 97B, 98, 99, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129,
132A, 132B, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137A, 137B, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146,
147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, and 159 of Caddo Parish, DeSoto
Parish, and Red River Parish.
3.(a) Third circuit. The parishes of Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron,
Calcasieu, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette,
LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, St. Martin, St. Landry, Vermilion, and Vernon shall
compose the third circuit and the court of appeal for that circuit shall be known as "Court of
Appeal, Third Circuit, State of Louisiana".
(b) Districts of third circuit.
(i) The parishes of Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches,
Rapides, and Sabine shall compose the first district of the third circuit.
(ii) The parishes of Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, and Vernon
shall compose the second district of the third circuit. The second district shall be further
divided into two election sections.
(aa) Election section one shall consist of Precincts 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307,
308, 309E, 309W, 310, 311, 312, 313E, 313W, 315E, 320E, 320W, 321, 322, 323, 324, 328,
329, 330, 361, 364, 371N, 800, 801, 861E, and 861W of Calcasieu Parish and Precincts 5,
6, 8, 8A, 20, 21, and 23 of Jefferson Davis Parish.
(bb) Election section two shall consist of Beauregard Parish; Precincts 160E, 160W,
161, 162E, 162W, 163, 164, 165, 166E, 166W, 167, 260, 261, 262, 306, 314, 315W, 316E,
316W, 317, 318, 319N, 319S, 325, 326, 327, 331, 332N, 332S, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338,
339, 340, 360, 362, 363, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371S, 372, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404,
405, 406, 407, 408, 440, 441, 460E, 460W, 461, 463, 464, 465, 466E, 466W, 467, 468, 469,
560, 561, 562, 600, 601, 602, 603, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 700, 701, 702, 703, 760, 761,
762, 860N, and 860S of Calcasieu Parish; Cameron Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9A, 9B,
10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Jefferson Davis Parish; and Vernon Parish.
(cc) The election sections used in this Item shall be evaluated by the end of the year
following the year of official release of the decennial federal census to determine if there
exists any substantial variation in population in a district, or if they are as equal as
practicable.
(iii) The parishes of Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin, St.
Landry, and Vermilion shall compose the third district of the third circuit. The third district
shall be further divided into five election sections.
(aa) Election section 1 shall consist of precincts 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3A, 3-3B, 3-4,
3-5, 3-6, 3-6A, 3-6B, 3-7, 4-1, 4-2, 4-6, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4 of Acadia Parish; Allen Parish;
Evangeline Parish; precincts 1, 3A, 4, 5, 3B of Lafayette Parish; precincts 1-8, 1-10, 1-12,
1-17, 1-17A, 1-19, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-9, 2-10, 5-2, 5-4, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9,
6-12, 6-13, 6-14, 6-16 of St. Landry Parish.
(bb) Election section 2 shall consist of precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 1-4, 2-1, 2-3, 4-1, 4-2,
4-3, 4-4, 2-5, 14-2, 3-4 of Iberia Parish; precincts 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24A, 50, 51, 52, 54,
55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68, 24B of Lafayette Parish; precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4,
1-5, 1-7, 1-9, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-18, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 2-1, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 3-2, 3-4, 3-6, 4-1, 4-2, 4-4, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 4-14,
4-15, 5-1, 5-3, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-3A, 6-1, 6-10, 6-11, 6-15, 6-17 of St. Landry Parish; precincts
1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1 & 2-3, 3-1, 4-1, 4-3, 4-4, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 9-1, 9-3, 3-7, 3-3, 1-6, 2-4, 3-8,
3-5, 3-9, 3-6, 9-5 of St. Martin Parish.
(cc) Election section 3 shall consist of precincts 1-3, 5-6, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 1-5, 5-1, 5-2,
5-3, 5-4, 4-5, 7-6, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, 8-4, 8-5, 11-6, 9-1,
9-2, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 6-5, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-6,
12-5, 3-5, 5-8, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6, 14-1, 14-3, 14-4, 13-2, 14-6, 14-5, 5-5, 2-4, 4-6, 7-7, 8-6,
11-7, 5-7, 6-4, 12-7, 12-4, 12-8, 10-1, 13-3, 13-1 of Iberia Parish; precincts 99, 100, 101,
102, 103, 104, 106 of Lafayette Parish; precincts 1-6, 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 4-3, 4-5, 4-6, 4-12, 4-13,
4-16 of St. Landry Parish; precincts 1-2, 1-5, 2-2, 3-2, 4-6, 3-4, 4-2, 4-5, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3 & 5-4,
6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 8-1, 9-4, 8-3, 8-4, 9-2, 1-7, 8-2 of St. Martin Parish.
(dd) Election section 4 shall consist of precincts 1-1, 1-2A, 1-2B, 1-3A, 1-3B, 1-4A,
1-4B, 1-5A, 1-5B, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 2-1, 2-2, 2-5, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-1A, 5-1B, 5-2A, 5-2B, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3A, 6-3B, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6-10, 6-11, 6-12, 6-13, 6-14, 6-15, 6-16 of Acadia Parish; precincts 7, 8, 9, 27, 28, 36, 37, 86, 34B of
Lafayette Parish; Vermilion Parish.
(ee) Election section 5 shall consist of precincts 2, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21,
25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34A, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 53, 60, 65,
66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93,
94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 105 of Lafayette Parish.
4.(a) Fourth Circuit. The parishes of Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard shall
compose the fourth circuit, and the court of appeal for that circuit shall be known as "Court
of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, State of Louisiana".
(b) Districts of the fourth circuit. The parish of Orleans shall compose the first
district of the fourth circuit; the parish of Plaquemines shall compose the second district of
the fourth circuit; and the parish of St. Bernard shall compose the third district of the fourth
circuit.
5.(a) Fifth Circuit. The parishes of Jefferson, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the
Baptist shall compose the fifth circuit and the court of appeal for that circuit shall be known
as "Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, State of Louisiana".
(b) Districts of the fifth circuit.
(i) The parish of Jefferson shall compose the first district of the fifth circuit. The first
district shall be further divided into two election sections. Election section one shall consist
of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54,
55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79,
80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102,
103, 105, 106, 107, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129,
130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 138, 152, 155, 157A, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178,
179-A, 182, 183, 184, 185A, 185B, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197A, 197B,
197C, 198, 199, 202, 203, 204, 205, 210, 211, 212A, 212B, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B,
215, 216, 217, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 246,
247, 248, 249, 1-G, 2-G, 3-G, 4-G, 5-G, 6-G, 7-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G, 11-G, 1-GI, 1-H, 2-H,
3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, 9-H, 13-KA, 1-K, 2-K, 3-K, 4-K, 5-K, 6-K, 7-K, 8-K, 9-K,
10-K, 11-K, 12-K, 14-K, 15-K, 16-K, 17-K,18-K, 19-K, 20-K, 25-K, 27-K, 28-K, 29-K, 30-K, 34-K, 35-K, 1-L, 1-W, 3-W, 4-W, 5-W, 6-W, and 7-W of Jefferson Parish. Election
section two shall consist of Precincts 104, 108, 115, 150, 151, 153, 154,156, 157B, 179B,
180, 181, 187, 188, 200, 201, 13-KB, 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K, 31-K, 33-K, 173 and
2-W.
(ii) The parish of St. James and that portion of St. John the Baptist Parish east of the
Mississippi River shall compose the second district of the fifth circuit.
(iii) The parish of St. Charles and that portion of St. John the Baptist Parish west of
the Mississippi River shall compose the third district of the fifth circuit.
NOTE: See Acts 2007, No. 261, §3, relative to the effectiveness of the
amendment to Paragraph (5). The consent judgment referred to in the Act
was entered on Oct. 31, 2007.
NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 338, §§2, 3, regarding judgeships created by that
Act being assigned election sections for election purposes.