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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 462 and 489 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 518<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1396119,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351509,"identifier":"19.2-262.1","token":"19.2\/15\/4\/19.2-262.1","url":"\/19.2-262.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-262.1\/","token":"19.2\/15\/4\/19.2-262.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Joinder of defendants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-262.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

On motion<\/span> of the Commonwealth, for good cause shown, the court<\/span> shall order<\/span> persons charged with participating in contemporaneous and related acts or occurrences or in a series of acts or occurrences constituting an offense<\/span> or offenses<\/span>, to be tried jointly unless such joint trial<\/span> would constitute prejudice to a defendant<\/span>. If the court<\/span> finds that a joint trial<\/span> would constitute prejudice to a defendant<\/span>, the court<\/span> shall order<\/span> severance as to that defendant<\/span> or provide such other relief justice requires.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJOINDER OF DEFENDANTS (\u00a7 19.2-262.1)\n\nOn motion of the Commonwealth, for good cause shown, the court shall order\npersons charged with participating in contemporaneous and related acts or\noccurrences or in a series of acts or occurrences constituting an offense or\noffenses, to be tried jointly unless such joint trial would constitute prejudice\nto a defendant. If the court finds that a joint trial would constitute prejudice\nto a defendant, the court shall order severance as to that defendant or provide\nsuch other relief justice requires.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, cc. 462, 489; 1997, c. 518.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}