All unincorporated associations or orders may sue and be sued under the name by which they are commonly known and called, or under which they do business, and judgments and executions against any such association or order shall bind its real and personal property in like manner as if it were incorporated.
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-15
Suits by and against unincorporated associations or orders
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 31 Va. App. 788 - Concerned Taxpayers v. Department of Environmental Quality (2000)
Most recently applied in Sines v. Kessler (July 2018)
Code 1950, § 8-66; 1962, c. 250; 1977, c. 617.
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Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.