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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 617 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86879,"section_number":"8.01-264","catch_line":"Venue improperly laid; objection","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-264\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":281313,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55983,"identifier":"8.01-263","token":"8.01\/5\/8.01-263","url":"\/8.01-263\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-263\/","token":"8.01\/5\/8.01-263","dublin_core":{"Title":"Multiple parties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-263","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In actions<\/span> involving multiple parties, venue<\/span> shall not be subject to objection:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> If one or more of the parties is entitled to preferred venue<\/span>, and such action<\/span> is commenced in any such forum; provided that in any action<\/span> where there are one or more residents and one or more nonresidents or parties unknown, venue<\/span> shall be proper (preferred or permissible, as the case may be) as to at least one resident defendant<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> In all other cases, if the venue<\/span> is proper as to any party<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMULTIPLE PARTIES (\u00a7 8.01-263)\n\nIn actions involving multiple parties, venue shall not be subject to objection:\n\n1. If one or more of the parties is entitled to preferred venue, and such action\nis commenced in any such forum; provided that in any action where there are one\nor more residents and one or more nonresidents or parties unknown, venue shall\nbe proper (preferred or permissible, as the case may be) as to at least one\nresident defendant;\n\n2. In all other cases, if the venue is proper as to any party.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 617.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}