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Confirming Identities for Court Orders

Question: 
If we receive a subpoena with only an account number, can the bank require that the requesting party provide the believed identity of the account holder, especially when it is a Grand Jury and the bank cannot send customer notification? Also a writ of garnishment was received that only contained a name. Can the bank request additional information to confirm the customer's identity?
Answer: 

The Grand Jury may not know who the account holder is and it need not care. It is doing what criminal investigators do, "following the money." Please comply ASAP.

A garnishment does not spring from the same unbridled power source, but it was still issued by a judge or an officer of the court. Your attorney should be involved in developing your response.

First published on BankersOnline.com 8/16/10

First published on 08/16/2010

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Filed under compliance as: 
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