Part 9 · Parties

Rule 9-13. Persons Liable on Same Instrument

Amended January 1, 2026 (current)

Persons severally and immediately liable on the same obligation or instrument, including parties to bills of exchange and promissory notes, and endorsers, guarantors, and sureties, whether on the same or by separate instruments, may all, or any of them, be joined as defendants, and a joint judgment may be rendered against those so joined.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 93.)