                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES IN CIVIL CASES (SUBSECTION (A) OF SUPREME COURT RULE
2:615 DERIVED IN PART FROM THIS SECTION AND SUBSECTION (B) OF SUPREME COURT RULE
2:615 DERIVED FROM THIS SECTION) (§ 8.01-375)

The court trying any civil case may upon its own motion, and shall upon the
motion of any party, require the exclusion of every witness. However, the
following shall be exempt from the rule of this section as a matter of right:
(i) each named party who is an individual; (ii) one officer or agent of each
party that is a public or private corporation, partnership, association,
governmental agency, or other entity; (iii) an attorney alleged in a habeas
corpus proceeding to have acted ineffectively; and (iv) in an unlawful detainer
action filed in general district court, a managing agent as defined in §
55.1-1200.
		Where expert witnesses are to testify in the case, the court may, at the
request of all parties, allow one expert witness for each party to remain in the
courtroom; however, in cases pertaining to the distribution of marital property
pursuant to § 20-107.3 or the determination of child or spousal support
pursuant to § 20-108.1, the court may, upon motion of any party, allow one
expert witness for each party to remain in the courtroom throughout the hearing.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-211.1; 1966, c. 268; 1975, c. 652; 1977, c. 617; 1986,
c. 36; 1987, c. 70; 2001, c. 348; 2006, c. 757; 2016, c. 281; 2023, c. 615.