Tennessee

Tennessee

Identity Theft laws in Tennessee

• Identity theft Law - Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-14-150

• Identity theft Law - Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-303 
   
• Spam Law - 47-18-2501.
  www.spamlaws.com/state/tn.shtml

Credit Freeze Program in Tennessee

• HB 200:
  http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB0200.pdf
  • Effective Jan. 1, 2008
  • Applies to all consumers
  • no fees for ID theft victims, $7.50 to place for everyone else
  • free to temporary lift, $5 to permanently remove
  • How to place: http://www.consumersunion.org/pdf/security/securityTN.pdf
    

Contacts in Tennesse

• Attorney General: Robert E. Cooper, Jr. (D)
  500 Charlotte Ave., Nashville, TN 37243
  Phone: (615) 741-5860
  Website: www.attorneygeneral.state.tn.us
   
• Tennesse Department of Safety
  Website: www.state.tn.us/safety/

 CRAs and FTC

• Equifax
  PO Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
  Phone: (800) 525-6285
  Website: www.equifax.com
• Experian
  PO Box 9701, Allen, TX 75013-0949
  Phone: (888 )397-3742
  Website: www.experian.com
• TransUnion
  PO Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834
  Phone: (800) 680-7289
  Website: www.transunion.com
• FTC
  Identity Theft Complaint Input Form
• FBI/FTC's Internet Fraud Task Force
  Website: www.ic3.gov

If you know of any not-for-fee identity theft resources in Tennessee that you would like to see on this page, please email ITRC.