Louisiana Legal Overview: Alexandria The Alexandria metropolitan area in Louisiana is defined by the Census Bureau as covering Rapides and Grant parishes. Louisiana has a total of 40 judicial districts, with each district covering one or more parishes. A parish in Louisiana is the same as a county in other states. Rapides Parish is served by the 9th Judicial District Court, while Grant Parish is served by the 35th Judicial District Court. Listed below are the main cities and CDPs in the Alexandria metro area.
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1. The 9th Judicial District Court serving Rapides Parish is located in Alexandria and has separate divisions for criminal, civil and juvenile cases. It also has a drug court, and has general jurisdiction over all parish misdemeanors and ordinance violations. The Alexandria City Court has limited jurisdiction over Wards 1, 2 and 8 in Rapides Parish. The city court has jurisdiction over misdemeanors and civil disputes not exceeding $50,000, along with evictions, traffic fines and city ordinance violations. The 35th Judicial District Court serving Grant Parish is located in Colfax.
Trending Legal Topics: Appeals against decisions handed down by the district courts in Rapides or Grant parishes must be filed with the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal, which holds its hearings in a courthouse in Lake Charles. Another appeal may be possible if the Louisiana Supreme Court agrees to review the appellate court’s verdict. All federal cases in both parishes have to be filed with the Alexandria Division of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Federal appeals may be filed with the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. |