(a) A garnishee who:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 26-1-110

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(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.
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