                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INTERPLEADER (§ 8.01-364)

A. Whenever any person is or may be exposed to multiple liability through the
existence of claims by others to the same property or fund held by him or on his
behalf, such person may file a pleading and require such parties to interplead
their claims. It is not ground for objection to the joinder that the claims of
the several claimants or the titles on which their claims depend do not have a
common origin or are not identical but are adverse to and independent of one
another, or that the plaintiff avers that he is not liable in whole or in part
to any or all of the claimants. A defendant in an action who is exposed to
similar liability may likewise obtain such interpleader. The provisions of this
rule supplement and do not in any way limit the joinder of parties permitted in
&#xA7; 8.01-5.

B. The remedy herein provided is in addition to and in no way supersedes or
limits the remedy provided by any other section of this Code.

C. In any action of interpleader, the court may enter its order restraining all
claimants from instituting or prosecuting any proceeding in any court of the
Commonwealth affecting the property involved in the interpleader action until
further order of the court.
			Such court shall hear and determine the case and may discharge the
appropriate party from further liability, make the injunction permanent, and
make all appropriate orders to enforce its judgment.

D. A person interpleading may voluntarily pay or tender into court the property
claimed, or may be ordered to do so by the court; and the court may thereupon
order such party discharged from all or part of any liability as between the
claimants of such property.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-226; 1977, c. 617; 1978, c. 415.