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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-10 > Chapter-7 > Part-5 > 10-7-51510-7-515. Social security identification numbers on documents Redaction.
(a) The preparer of any document recorded in the office of the county register of deeds shall not place a social security identification number on any document filed or recorded in the office of the county register of deeds, other than a power of attorney. However, the county register shall not refuse to record a document for failure of the preparer to comply with the prohibition contained in this section regarding use of social security identification numbers; nor shall the failure to comply with such prohibition affect the validity or recordability of any document.
(b) Any person or the surviving spouse, attorney-in-fact, or court appointed guardian of the person, may request that a county register of deeds redact the person's social security identification number from any recorded document, if the records are stored in a manner that permits redaction.
(c) The request for redaction of a social security identification number pursuant to subsection (b) shall be made on a paper writing, in a form substantially as follows:
