Unknown debtor or secondary obligor

Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-9-605, under Default.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-9-605

(a) In general: no duty owed by secured party. Except as provided in subsection (b), a secured party does not owe a duty based on its status as a secured party:(1) To a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows:(A) That the person is a debtor or obligor;(B) The identity of the person; and(C) How to communicate with the person; or(2) To a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against a person, unless the secured party knows:(A) That the person is a debtor; and(B) The identity of the person.

(1) To a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows:(A) That the person is a debtor or obligor;(B) The identity of the person; and(C) How to communicate with the person; or

(A) That the person is a debtor or obligor;

(B) The identity of the person; and

(C) How to communicate with the person; or

(2) To a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against a person, unless the secured party knows:(A) That the person is a debtor; and(B) The identity of the person.

(A) That the person is a debtor; and

(B) The identity of the person.

(b) Exception: secured party owes duty to debtor or obligor. A secured party owes a duty based on its status as a secured party to a person if, at the time the secured party obtains control of collateral that is a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible or at the time the security interest attaches to the collateral, whichever is later:(1) The person is a debtor or obligor; and(2) The secured party knows that the information in subsection (a)(1)(A), (B), or (C) relating to the person is not provided by the collateral, a record attached to or logically associated with the collateral, or the system in which the collateral is recorded.

(1) The person is a debtor or obligor; and

(2) The secured party knows that the information in subsection (a)(1)(A), (B), or (C) relating to the person is not provided by the collateral, a record attached to or logically associated with the collateral, or the system in which the collateral is recorded.