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On motion of a defendant, the actions so joined shall be severed unless the court finds that the claims of the plaintiffs were ones which, if they had been filed separately, would have met the standards of \u00a7 8.01-267.1 and would have been consolidated under \u00a7 8.01-267.3. If the court orders severance, the claims may proceed separately upon payment of any appropriate filing fees due in the separate circuit courts within sixty days of entry of the order. The date of the original filing shall be the date of filing for each of the severed actions for purposes of applying the statutes of limitations.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":214222,"text":"Six or more parties may be joined initially as plaintiffs in a single action if their claims involve common issues of fact and arise out of the same transaction or occurrence or the same series of transactions or occurrences. 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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 555<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71276,"section_number":"8.01-267.1","catch_line":"Standards governing consolidation, etc., and transfer","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-267.1\/"},{"id":76108,"section_number":"8.01-267.3","catch_line":"Consolidation and other combined proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-267.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281351,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58451,"identifier":"8.01-267.5","token":"8.01\/5.1\/8.01-267.5","url":"\/8.01-267.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-267.5\/","token":"8.01\/5.1\/8.01-267.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Joinder and severance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-267.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Six or more parties may be joined initially as plaintiffs<\/span> in a single action<\/span> if their claims involve common issues<\/span> of fact<\/span> and arise out of the same transaction or occurrence or the same series of transactions or occurrences. On motion<\/span> of a defendant<\/span>, the actions<\/span> so joined shall be severed unless the court finds that the claims of the plaintiffs<\/span> were ones which, if they had been filed separately, would have met the standards of \u00a7 8.01-267.1<\/a> and would have been consolidated under \u00a7 8.01-267.3<\/a>. If the court orders<\/span> severance, the claims may proceed separately upon payment of any appropriate filing fees due in the separate circuit<\/span> courts<\/span> within sixty days of entry of the order<\/span>. The date of the original filing shall be the date of filing for each of the severed actions<\/span> for purposes of applying the statutes<\/span> of limitations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJOINDER AND SEVERANCE (\u00a7 8.01-267.5)\n\nSix or more parties may be joined initially as plaintiffs in a single action if\ntheir claims involve common issues of fact and arise out of the same transaction\nor occurrence or the same series of transactions or occurrences. On motion of a\ndefendant, the actions so joined shall be severed unless the court finds that\nthe claims of the plaintiffs were ones which, if they had been filed separately,\nwould have met the standards of \u00a7 8.01-267.1 and would have been consolidated\nunder \u00a7 8.01-267.3. If the court orders severance, the claims may proceed\nseparately upon payment of any appropriate filing fees due in the separate\ncircuit courts within sixty days of entry of the order. The date of the original\nfiling shall be the date of filing for each of the severed actions for purposes\nof applying the statutes of limitations.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 555.","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}}