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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77257</law_id><section_number>8.3A-116</section_number><catch_line>Joint and several liability; contribution</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.3A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Negotiable Instruments</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions and Definitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Except as otherwise provided in the instrument, two or more persons who have the same liability on an instrument as makers, drawers, acceptors, endorsers who endorse as joint payees, or anomalous endorsers are jointly and severally liable in the capacity in which they sign. <a id="paragraph-277129" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-116/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Except as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Instruments signed for accommodation" href="/8.3A-419/">8.3A-419</a> (e) or by agreement of the affected parties, a <span class="dictionary">party</span> having joint and several liability who pays the instrument is entitled to receive from any <span class="dictionary">party</span> having the same joint and several liability contribution in accordance with applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-277130" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-116/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Discharge of one <span class="dictionary">party</span> having joint and several liability by a person entitled to enforce the instrument does not affect the right under subsection (b) of a <span class="dictionary">party</span> having the same joint and several liability to receive contribution from the <span class="dictionary">party</span> discharged. <a id="paragraph-277131" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-116/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-393; 1964, c. 219, &#xA7; 8.3-118; 1992, c. 693.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
