26-1-110 - Garnishee unable to identify defendant. - Tennessee Statutes

26-1-110. Garnishee unable to identify defendant.

(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.]