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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-26 > Chapter-1 > Part-1 > 26-1-11026-1-110. 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.]