Virginia § 8.01-5 - Effect of nonjoinder or misjoinder; limitation on joinder of insurance company
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 8.01-5 — Effect of nonjoinder or misjoinder; limitation on joinder of insurance company, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8.01-5. Effect of nonjoinder or misjoinder; limitation on joinder of insurance company
A. No action or suit shall abate or be defeated by the nonjoinder or misjoinder of parties, plaintiff or defendant, but whenever such nonjoinder or misjoinder shall be made to appear by affidavit or otherwise, new parties may be added and parties misjoined may be dropped by order of the court at any time as the ends of justice may require.
B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the joinder of any insurance company on account of the issuance to any party to a cause of any policy or contract of liability insurance, or on account of the issuance by any such company of any policy or contract of liability insurance for the benefit of or that will inure to the benefit of any party to any cause.
Code 1950, § 8-96; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8.01-5 ("Effect of nonjoinder or misjoinder; limitation on joinder of insurance company") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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