Skip Tracing & Investigation Resources
Comprehensive guides on skip tracing, asset searches, judgment collection, process service, background investigations, and finding people. Professional resources for attorneys, investigators, debt collectors, and businesses.
Skip Tracing Fundamentals
Learn how professional skip tracing works, when to use it, and what to expect from skip trace services.
Skip Tracing Services
Comprehensive overview of professional skip tracing services—what’s included, how it works, and when you need it.
Read Guide →How Skip Tracing Works
Complete guide to the skip tracing process—data sources, techniques, and what makes professional skip tracing effective.
Read Guide →What Is Skip Tracing?
Complete guide to what skip tracing is, how it works, and when you need professional skip tracing services.
Read Guide →Skip Tracing Guide
Everything you need to know about skip tracing services, from basic searches to advanced investigation techniques.
Read Guide →Find Someone Who Doesn’t Want to Be Found
Professional methods to locate people who are hiding or evading contact for legal, debt collection, and personal matters.
Read Guide →What Databases Do Skip Tracers Use?
Deep dive into the restricted databases professionals access—credit bureaus, utilities, DMV, employment records, and more.
Read Guide →What Information Is Needed for Skip Trace?
Learn what identifying information helps skip tracers find people—from essential data to helpful extras.
Read Guide →How Long Does Skip Tracing Take?
Typical turnaround times for skip trace searches—from same-day basic searches to complex multi-day investigations.
Read Guide →How Much Does Skip Tracing Cost?
Complete pricing guide: service levels, volume discounts, ROI calculations, and what affects skip trace pricing.
Read Guide →How to Verify Skip Trace Results
Methods for validating skip trace results—confidence indicators, cross-referencing, and verification techniques.
Read Guide →Professional vs DIY Skip Tracing
Compare professional services to DIY methods—data access, success rates, time investment, and true cost comparison.
Read Guide →Skip Tracing vs. Background Check
Understand the differences between skip tracing and background checks—purposes, data sources, and when to use each.
Read Guide →Skip Tracing vs. People Search
Understand the differences between skip tracing and basic people search—and when each is appropriate.
Read Guide →Is Skip Tracing Legal?
Legal framework for skip tracing: FCRA, GLBA, DPPA compliance, permissible purposes, and privacy considerations.
Read Guide →Skip Tracing for Real Estate
How real estate investors use skip tracing to find property owners for off-market deals and motivated sellers.
Read Guide →Asset Search & Hidden Assets
Discover how to find hidden assets for judgment collection, divorce cases, litigation, and due diligence.
How to Find Hidden Assets
Comprehensive guide to uncovering hidden assets—where people hide money and how investigators find it.
Read Guide →What Assets Can Be Seized to Collect a Judgment
Complete guide to assets that can be seized for judgment collection—bank accounts, wages, property, vehicles, and exemptions.
Read Guide →How to Find Out If Someone Owns Property
Professional methods to discover real estate ownership using property records, assessor databases, and asset investigations.
Read Guide →Pre-Litigation Asset Search
Why you should investigate assets before filing suit—and what to look for to assess collectability.
Read Guide →Hidden Assets in Divorce
How spouses hide assets in divorce proceedings and investigation techniques to find them.
Read Guide →Alter Ego Liability
How creditors pierce the corporate veil to reach personal assets—factors courts consider and investigation strategies.
Read Guide →Asset Search for Judgments
Using asset investigation to support judgment collection—find what debtors own to collect what they owe.
Read Guide →What Asset Searches Reveal
Detailed breakdown of what professional asset searches uncover—real estate, vehicles, businesses, and more.
Read Guide →Real Property Search
Finding real estate holdings nationwide—property ownership, liens, mortgages, and equity analysis.
Read Guide →Vehicle Asset Search
Locate cars, boats, RVs, and other vehicles registered to individuals or businesses.
Read Guide →Business Asset Search
Find business ownership, corporate interests, LLCs, partnerships, and commercial holdings.
Read Guide →Bank Account Searches
Understanding financial asset searches—what’s legally possible and what creditors need to know.
Read Guide →Asset Search Services
Complete guide to professional asset investigation—what’s included, how it works, and when you need it.
Read Guide →Signs a Debtor Is Hiding Assets
Red flags that indicate asset concealment—lifestyle inconsistencies, transfers, and investigation triggers.
Read Guide →Judgment Collection
Win your lawsuit, then collect. Guides on enforcing judgments, finding debtors, and recovering what you’re owed.
How to Collect a Judgment
Complete 8,000+ word guide to judgment enforcement—wage garnishment, bank levies, property liens, and more.
Read Guide →Judgment Recovery Services
Professional judgment recovery services to help you collect court judgments—asset searches, debtor location, and enforcement strategies.
Read Guide →When Debtors Disappear
What to do when your judgment debtor moves, hides, or goes silent. Strategies for finding them.
Read Guide →Find Someone Who Owes Money
Skip tracing techniques specifically for debt collection—locate debtors and discover their assets.
Read Guide →Find Employer for Wage Garnishment
Professional methods to locate a debtor’s employer for wage garnishment and judgment enforcement.
Read Guide →Post-Judgment Discovery
Using discovery tools to find debtor assets—interrogatories, document requests, and debtor examinations.
Read Guide →Domesticating Judgments
How to enforce judgments across state lines—domestication process and multi-state collection.
Read Guide →Judgment Renewal
Don’t let judgments expire. How and when to renew judgments to preserve your collection rights.
Read Guide →Small Claims Enforcement
Winning in small claims court is easy—collecting is harder. Strategies for enforcing small claims judgments.
Read Guide →New York Judgment Collection
State-specific guide to collecting judgments in New York—laws, procedures, and enforcement strategies.
Read Guide →Skip Tracing for Debt Collection
Complete guide for debt collectors—using skip tracing to locate debtors and improve collection rates.
Read Guide →Skip Tracing for Collection Agencies
Agency-focused skip tracing guide—batch processing, compliance, ROI optimization, and workflow integration.
Read Guide →Process Service & Defendant Location
Find defendants, overcome service challenges, and ensure proper service of process.
Skip Tracing for Process Servers
How process servers use skip tracing to find defendants and complete difficult serves.
Read Guide →Locating Defendants
Strategies for finding defendants who’ve moved, are hiding, or whose address is unknown.
Read Guide →Serve Someone Avoiding Service
Proven strategies to serve evasive defendants—skip tracing, alternative service, and legal options.
Read Guide →Service Challenges
Common service of process problems and how to overcome them—gated communities, evasive defendants, and more.
Read Guide →Alternative Service
When personal service fails—service by publication, posting, mail, and other alternative methods.
Read Guide →Service by Publication
Complete guide to serving defendants through published notice when they cannot be located.
Read Guide →Due Diligence Declaration
How to document your search efforts for court—what judges require before granting alternative service.
Read Guide →Serving Evasive Defendants
Tactics for serving defendants who dodge process servers, deny identity, or refuse to answer doors.
Read Guide →Locate Witness for Trial
Professional witness location services for attorneys—find missing, reluctant, and expert witnesses for trial testimony.
Read Guide →Skip Tracing for Law Firms
How attorneys and legal professionals use skip tracing for service, collection, and litigation support.
Read Guide →Background Investigations
Comprehensive background check guides for employment, tenant screening, due diligence, and investigations.
Criminal Background Check Guide
What shows up on criminal background checks, how long records appear, and what employers can see.
Read Guide →What Shows Up on a Background Check
Complete guide to background check results—criminal records, employment, credit, and what employers and landlords see.
Read Guide →How to Run a Background Check
Complete guide to running background checks for employment, tenants, and personal purposes—what’s included and legal requirements.
Read Guide →Pre-Employment Background Checks
Complete guide to screening job candidates—criminal, credit, employment verification, and FCRA compliance.
Read Guide →Tenant Background Check
Landlord’s guide to tenant screening—credit, criminal, eviction history, and fair housing compliance.
Read Guide →How Far Back Do Checks Go?
Time limits on background check reporting—7-year rules, state variations, and what records never expire.
Read Guide →Red Flags on Background Checks
What employers and landlords look for—warning signs that raise concerns and how they’re evaluated.
Read Guide →Types of Background Checks
Criminal, credit, employment, education, driving—understanding different background check types and uses.
Read Guide →Due Diligence Investigation
Deep background investigations for business partnerships, investments, executives, and high-stakes decisions.
Read Guide →Employment Verification
Verifying employment history, income, and discovering current employers for various purposes.
Read Guide →Background Investigation Services
Comprehensive guide to professional background investigation—what’s included and when you need it.
Read Guide →Skip Tracing for Private Investigators
How PIs use skip tracing in surveillance, process service, missing persons, and investigation work.
Read Guide →Finding People
Locate missing persons, reconnect with family, find witnesses, heirs, and anyone you need to find.
Find Someone’s Address
Complete guide to finding current addresses—free methods, public records, and professional skip tracing.
Read Guide →How to Find Someone’s Address
Professional skip tracing methods to locate current addresses using database searches and investigation strategies.
Read Guide →Find Someone’s Phone Number
How to locate phone numbers for people—reverse lookup, skip tracing, and investigation techniques.
Read Guide →How to Find Someone’s Phone Number
Professional methods to locate current phone numbers using reverse lookup and skip tracing databases.
Read Guide →How to Locate a Missing Person
Professional guide to finding missing persons—skip tracing techniques, database searches, and investigation methods.
Read Guide →Find Someone By Name
Strategies for locating people when you only have a name—handling common names and limited information.
Read Guide →Find Someone with Name Only
Advanced techniques for finding people when all you have is a name—no address, no phone, no SSN.
Read Guide →Find Someone You Lost Touch With
Reconnect with people from your past—friends, family, classmates, and former colleagues.
Read Guide →Find Someone Who Moved
Track down people who’ve relocated—forwarding addresses, new locations, and current contact info.
Read Guide →People Search Services
Overview of professional people search—who we find, how it works, and what you get.
Read Guide →Finding Old Friends
Reconnect with people from your past—classmates, former coworkers, and friends you’ve lost touch with.
Read Guide →Finding Birth Parents
Guide for adoptees searching for biological parents—DNA testing, records, and professional search services.
Read Guide →Heir Search Services
Locating missing heirs for estate administration—intestate succession and beneficiary location.
Read Guide →Witness Location
Find witnesses for depositions and trial testimony—litigation support for attorneys.
Read Guide →Missing Person Investigation
Professional investigation for non-emergency missing person cases when police can’t help.
Read Guide →📍 Regional Coverage
Local skip tracing expertise with detailed court information, sheriff resources, and regional knowledge.
Sacramento Metro
State capital region coverage including El Dorado Hills, Folsom, Roseville, Auburn & foothill communities.
San Francisco Bay Area
Urban investigation across SF, Oakland, East Bay, Marin & North Bay with complex multi-county coverage.
Silicon Valley & San Jose
Tech corridor expertise from Palo Alto to San Jose. Executive searches, startup investigations & high-net-worth subjects.
Fresno & Central Valley
Agricultural heartland specialists. Rural skip tracing, farm equipment searches & agricultural asset investigations.
Stockton & Modesto
Northern San Joaquin Valley experts. Bay Area commuter tracking, foreclosure expertise & logistics industry.
Reno & Northern Nevada
Cross-border CA/NV expertise. California exodus tracking, gaming industry & judgment domestication support.
📊 Resources By Industry
Specialized guides for professionals in specific industries.
🗺️ Skip Tracing By State
State-specific skip tracing guides covering local laws, resources, and considerations for all 50 states plus DC and Puerto Rico.
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