St. James Parish, LA
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St. James Parish is in south Louisiana on the Mississippi River (sugarcane, petrochemical River Road, Oak Alley plantation). Convent is the parish seat. The 23rd Judicial District handles civil, criminal, family, and juvenile matters at the Convent courthouse. (Louisiana uses parishes, not counties.)