(a) After the entry of an order allowing intervention, the intervener shall have all the rights and liabilities of a party to the action.
Rule 2330.Practice.
Adopted June 7, 1940 · Last amended April 12, 1999 · Last verified June 30, 2026
In one sentenceOnce intervention is allowed, the intervenor has all the rights and liabilities of a party to the action.
Full Text of Rule 2330
(b) Any party to the action may amend any pleading filed by the party to include any claim or defense available against an intervening party.
Plain-English Summary
Admission as an intervenor is full membership, not a guest pass. From the order forward the intervenor may do what any party may do and answers for the same obligations, subject to any limits the court places in its order.
Frequently Asked Questions
What can an intervenor do after being admitted?
Act as a party: file the proposed pleading, take part in the proceedings, and bear the duties that come with party status, within any conditions the court sets.
Can the court limit an intervenor’s role?
The court may shape intervention through its order, but the baseline is the same rights and liabilities the other parties carry.
Amendment History
The provisions of this Rule 2330 adopted June 7, 1940, effective February 3, 1941; amended April 18, 1975; effective immediately, 5 Pa.B. 1820; amended April 12, 1999, effective July 1, 1999, 29 Pa.B. 2274. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (190614).
Source & verification. Rule text, the Official Note, and the amendment
history are reproduced verbatim from the Pennsylvania Code, Title 231, the official compilation
of rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Last verified June 30, 2026. ·
Official text
Also known as: intervenor rightspractice after intervention