Tennessee § 45-10-119 - Administrative subpoena for records relevant to financial exploitation.

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§ 45-10-119. Administrative subpoena for records relevant to financial exploitation.

A financial institution shall provide access to or copies of records that are relevant to suspected actual or attempted financial exploitation, as defined in § 45-2-1202, in response to an administrative subpoena that satisfies the requirements of § 45-10-103(8) issued by the department of human services, adult protective services as provided in § 71-6-103(j)(4)(A). The records requested pursuant to this subsection (a) must be limited to historical records as well as records relating to the most recent transaction or transactions that may comprise financial exploitation not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days prior to the first transaction that was reported, or thirty (30) calendar days after the last transaction that was reported. The administrative subpoena and records provided under this section are exempt from the customer consent and customer notice requirements of §§ 45-10-105 and 45-10-106. A financial institution has up to fourteen (14) business days to respond to an administrative subpoena described in subsection (a). The department of human services must provide notice to the customer whose records are requested pursuant to subsection (a) not later than thirty (30) days after receipt of the records from the financial institution. However, the department may delay the notice to the customer by seeking a judicial delay pursuant to § 45-10-117. Acts 2017, ch. 264, § 3. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2017, ch. 264, § 6 provided that the Department of Financial Institutions is encouraged, within existing public or private resources, to consult with financial service providers as defined in this act, the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability, and the Department of Human Services to consider distributing public education and information to alert the public to the dangers posed to elderly and vulnerable adults by financial exploitation.

Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 45-10-119 ("Administrative subpoena for records relevant to financial exploitation.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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