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No, it's not identity theft. The state is not pretending to be you to commit some kind of fraud or other crime. Rather, what you fear is that the business receiving the garnishment order might somehow misuse it after it gets the order or might be careless in safeguarding your information which would allow someone to commit identity theft. If that were to happen you'd have a remedy against that business. But until then you've not suffered any harm from this and thus have nothing for which to sue. You cannot successfully sue for what might happen in the future.

Right. That's how I see it. Since this is sensitive information, there is potential for abuse, fraud, etc after being received by the wrong businesses, people, so I relate it to that, or rather, a form of identity theft. I most likely couldn't blame DCS unless I can find some other law that would put the blame on them for furnishing it to the wrong people. Ho hum.