                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INTERVENTION IN PROCEEDINGS (§ 25.1-218)

Any person not already a party to the proceedings whose property, or any
interest or estate therein, is to be taken or damaged, or who claims that his
other property, or any interest therein will be damaged as a result of the
taking and use by the petitioner, may be made a party to the proceeding upon
filing a petition for intervention by leave of court (i) at any time prior to
the beginning of the trial of the issue of just compensation, or (ii) in the
discretion of the court, at such other times during the pendency of the
proceeding upon such terms and conditions as the court deems proper, considering
all the circumstances at that time. Such a person intervening in the proceeding
shall be permitted to assert any claim or defense then germane to the proceeding
upon such terms and conditions as the court deems reasonable and proper.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 4383; Code 1950, § 25-42; 1962, c. 426, § 25-46.16;
2003, c. 940.