diff --git a/fixtures/components/discriminated-union/list/index.tsx b/fixtures/components/discriminated-union/list/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0246c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/components/discriminated-union/list/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+interface BaseProps<T extends ListProps.Item> {
+  /** The items to display. */
+  items: ReadonlyArray<T>;
+}
+
+interface WithCustomRender<T extends ListProps.Item> {
+  /** Custom render function for each item. */
+  renderItem: () => React.ReactNode | null;
+  /** The currently active item. */
+  activeItem: T | undefined;
+}
+
+interface WithDefaultRender {
+  /** Not applicable when using the default renderer. */
+  renderItem?: never;
+  /** Not applicable when using the default renderer. */
+  activeItem?: never;
+}
+
+export type ListProps<T extends ListProps.Item = ListProps.Item> = BaseProps<T> &
+  (WithCustomRender<T> | WithDefaultRender);
+
+export namespace ListProps {
+  export interface Item {
+    id: string;
+  }
+}
+
+export default function List({ items }: ListProps) {
+  return <div>{items.length}</div>;
+}
diff --git a/fixtures/components/discriminated-union/tsconfig.json b/fixtures/components/discriminated-union/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8afdfb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/components/discriminated-union/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
+  "include": ["./**/*.tsx"]
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/type-utils.ts b/src/shared/type-utils.ts
index 4137f14..e484da7 100644
--- a/src/shared/type-utils.ts
+++ b/src/shared/type-utils.ts
@@ -77,10 +77,19 @@ export function tryExtractDeclaration(symbol: ts.Symbol): ts.Declaration | undef
   if (!declarations || declarations.length === 0) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  if (declarations.length > 1) {
-    throw new Error(`Multiple declarations found for symbol: ${symbol.getName()}`);
+  if (declarations.length === 1) {
+    return declarations[0];
   }
-  return declarations[0];
+  // Multiple property signature declarations occur in discriminated unions where the same
+  // property appears in multiple branches (e.g. `prop: SomeType` in one and `prop?: never` in
+  // another). Keep the branches that aren't `never` and use that declaration when it's unambiguous.
+  if (declarations.every(ts.isPropertySignature)) {
+    const nonNever = declarations.filter(decl => decl.type?.kind !== ts.SyntaxKind.NeverKeyword);
+    if (nonNever.length === 1) {
+      return nonNever[0];
+    }
+  }
+  throw new Error(`Multiple declarations found for symbol: ${symbol.getName()}`);
 }
 
 export function isOptionalSymbol(symbol: ts.Symbol): boolean {
diff --git a/test/components/discriminated-union.test.ts b/test/components/discriminated-union.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d5c1c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/components/discriminated-union.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import { expect, test, beforeAll } from 'vitest';
+import { ComponentDefinition } from '../../src/components/interfaces';
+import { buildProject } from './test-helpers';
+
+let list: ComponentDefinition;
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  const result = buildProject('discriminated-union');
+  expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+
+  list = result[0];
+});
+
+test('should extract properties from discriminated union without errors', () => {
+  expect(list.name).toBe('List');
+  const propNames = list.properties.map(p => p.name);
+  expect(propNames).toContain('items');
+  expect(propNames).toContain('renderItem');
+  expect(propNames).toContain('activeItem');
+});
+
+test('should use the non-never declaration type for shared properties', () => {
+  const renderProp = list.properties.find(p => p.name === 'renderItem')!;
+  expect(renderProp).toBeDefined();
+  expect(renderProp.type).toBe('() => React.ReactNode');
+});
+
+test('should preserve description from discriminated union properties', () => {
+  const renderProp = list.properties.find(p => p.name === 'renderItem')!;
+  expect(renderProp.description).toBeDefined();
+});
diff --git a/test/shared/type-utils.test.ts b/test/shared/type-utils.test.ts
index f995983..497906d 100644
--- a/test/shared/type-utils.test.ts
+++ b/test/shared/type-utils.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 import ts from 'typescript';
 import { test, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { printFlags } from '../../lib/shared/type-utils';
+import { printFlags, tryExtractDeclaration } from '../../src/shared/type-utils';
+import { getInMemoryProject } from '../components/test-helpers';
 
 test('serialises node flags', () => {
   const flags = printFlags(
@@ -20,3 +21,59 @@ test('serialises type flags', () => {
   expect(flags).toContain('Number');
   expect(flags).toContain('Enum');
 });
+
+test('tryExtractDeclaration returns undefined for symbols with no declarations', () => {
+  const symbol = { getDeclarations: () => undefined } as unknown as ts.Symbol;
+  expect(tryExtractDeclaration(symbol)).toBeUndefined();
+});
+
+test('tryExtractDeclaration returns the single declaration', () => {
+  const decl = {} as ts.Declaration;
+  const symbol = { getDeclarations: () => [decl] } as unknown as ts.Symbol;
+  expect(tryExtractDeclaration(symbol)).toBe(decl);
+});
+
+test('tryExtractDeclaration picks non-never property signature from multiple declarations', () => {
+  const { exportSymbol, checker } = getInMemoryProject(`
+    interface BranchA { shared: string; }
+    interface BranchB { shared?: never; }
+    export type Combined = BranchA | BranchB;
+  `);
+  const combinedType = checker.getDeclaredTypeOfSymbol(exportSymbol);
+  const sharedSymbol = combinedType.getProperties().find(p => p.getName() === 'shared')!;
+  const declaration = tryExtractDeclaration(sharedSymbol);
+  expect(declaration).toBeDefined();
+  // Should pick the BranchA declaration (non-never)
+  if (declaration && ts.isPropertySignature(declaration) && declaration.type) {
+    expect(declaration.type.kind).not.toBe(ts.SyntaxKind.NeverKeyword);
+  }
+});
+
+test('tryExtractDeclaration keeps a property signature that has no type annotation', () => {
+  const { exportSymbol, checker } = getInMemoryProject(`
+    interface BranchA { shared; }
+    interface BranchB { shared?: never; }
+    export type Combined = BranchA | BranchB;
+  `);
+  const combinedType = checker.getDeclaredTypeOfSymbol(exportSymbol);
+  const sharedSymbol = combinedType.getProperties().find(p => p.getName() === 'shared')!;
+  const declaration = tryExtractDeclaration(sharedSymbol);
+  expect(declaration).toBeDefined();
+  expect(ts.isPropertySignature(declaration!)).toBe(true);
+
+  expect((declaration as ts.PropertySignature).type).toBeUndefined();
+});
+
+test('tryExtractDeclaration throws when multiple non-never declarations are ambiguous', () => {
+  // Three property signature declarations, two of which are non-never (`string` and `number`).
+  // The result is ambiguous, so no single declaration can be chosen and the function throws.
+  const { exportSymbol, checker } = getInMemoryProject(`
+    interface BranchA { shared: string; }
+    interface BranchB { shared: number; }
+    interface BranchC { shared?: never; }
+    export type Combined = BranchA | BranchB | BranchC;
+  `);
+  const combinedType = checker.getDeclaredTypeOfSymbol(exportSymbol);
+  const sharedSymbol = combinedType.getProperties().find(p => p.getName() === 'shared')!;
+  expect(() => tryExtractDeclaration(sharedSymbol)).toThrow('Multiple declarations found for symbol: shared');
+});