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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 333; in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64946,"section_number":"8.01-444","catch_line":"Where new parties added; if some not liable, how judgment entered","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-444\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278455,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61859,"identifier":"8.01-5","token":"8.01\/2\/1\/8.01-5","url":"\/8.01-5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-5\/","token":"8.01\/2\/1\/8.01-5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of nonjoinder or misjoinder; limitation on joinder of insurance company","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No action<\/span> or suit<\/span> shall abate or be defeated by the nonjoinder or misjoinder of parties, plaintiff<\/span> or defendant<\/span>, but whenever such nonjoinder or misjoinder shall be made to appear by affidavit<\/span> or otherwise, new parties may be added and parties misjoined may be dropped by order<\/span> of the court<\/span> at any time as the ends of justice may require. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the joinder of any insurance company on account of the issuance to any party<\/span> to a cause of any policy or contract<\/span> of liability insurance, or on account of the issuance by any such company of any policy or contract<\/span> of liability insurance for the benefit of or that will inure to the benefit of any party<\/span> to any cause. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF NONJOINDER OR MISJOINDER; LIMITATION ON JOINDER OF INSURANCE COMPANY\n(\u00a7 8.01-5)\n\nA. No action or suit shall abate or be defeated by the nonjoinder or misjoinder\nof parties, plaintiff or defendant, but whenever such nonjoinder or misjoinder\nshall be made to appear by affidavit or otherwise, new parties may be added and\nparties misjoined may be dropped by order of the court at any time as the ends\nof justice may require.\n\nB. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the joinder of any\ninsurance company on account of the issuance to any party to a cause of any\npolicy or contract of liability insurance, or on account of the issuance by any\nsuch company of any policy or contract of liability insurance for the benefit of\nor that will inure to the benefit of any party to any cause.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-96; 1954, c. 333; 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}}