Amends TCA Section 16-15-901.

AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill concerning changing the present law requirement that a process server must be identified by name and address on the return. Under this amendment, if service of process is made by a sheriff, constable, or other law enforcement officer, the process server must be identified by name and agency on the service return or in a supplemental affidavit. If service of process is made by a private process server, the process server must be identified by name and a mailing or physical address on the service return or in a supplemental affidavit. Failure of the process server to include this information will not render the service invalid if the service is otherwise valid, but the court may require a private process server to provide the private process server's mailing or physical address to the party on whom process was served.<br /> <br /> The provisions of this amendment take effect January 1, 2020.<br /> <br />