Garnishee Unable to Identify Defendant

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Execution
4. Issuance and Return in General
5. General Provisions
6. Garnishee Unable to Identify Defendant

1. 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.”

2. The failure to include a social security number or taxpayer identification number shall not invalidate the execution.

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