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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 26 - EXECUTION (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-6-211)
Chapter 1 - ISSUANCE AND RETURN IN GENERAL (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-1-402)
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-1-111)
Section 26-1-110 - Garnishee unable to identify defendant
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TN Code § 26-1-110 (2023)
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- (a) A garnishee who:
- (1) Receives an execution without the defendant's social security number, if an individual, or federal taxpayer identification, if a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity; and
- (2) After reasonable effort is otherwise unable to identify the defendant or to distinguish the defendant from other individuals or entities based on the information provided on the execution;
may return the execution with the statement "Defendant cannot be identified or distinguished from information provided on the execution."
- (b) The failure to include a social security number or taxpayer identification number shall not invalidate the execution.
Acts 1994, ch. 836, § 1.
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