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“Skip Tracing” and Location Investigations: What’s the Difference?

24 Apr 2020
Mark Murnan
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location investigation, private investigators, process servers, process service, skip tracing

Not all people searches are created equal. Here's a primer on levels of service a process server or private investigator might provide.

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A Street Education: The Chase

30 Mar 2015
Christopher Borba
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criminal investigations, interviewing witnesses, private investigators, skip tracing
Whether you're skip tracing or serving papers, you can't rely on the Internet to do all the work for you.
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4 Free Internet Resources For Skip Tracing

16 Feb 2015
Guest Author
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collections, internet search tools, skip tracing
Simple Online Tools to Help You Find Your Target
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What’s in an address? You’d be surprised.

09 Dec 2014
Guest Author
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database searches, databases, private investigations, skip tracing
Neil Caddell demystifies the TransUnion|TLOxp Address Report and offers a few tips on best use. (note: Transunion|TLOxp is a sponsor of our podcast.)
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Fugitive Recovery in Foreign Jurisdictions

01 Feb 2013
Joe Stiles
1
bail recovery
The wisdom of Joe Stiles: Don't let life imitate reality TV. If you must pursue a bail skip out of state, do your homework first.
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Finding Indigent and Homeless People

29 Oct 2012
L. Scott Harrell
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bail enforcement, investigation, skip tracing
Investigators are experts in following a person's virtual or paper trail. But what if there isn't one?
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Responsible Locate Investigations by Private investigators

22 Sep 2012
Guest Author
4
ethics, Featured, privacy, professionalism, skip tracing
Sometimes, a person doesn't want to be found. In non-criminal cases, we investigators have to respect that.
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Chasing Ghosts: Skip Tracing the Toughest to Find People

04 May 2011
Philip A Becnel
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databases, private investigation, skip tracing

While the methods vary depending on the complexity of the search, there's one proven method of finding almost anyone: persistence.

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Private Investigator Databases: What the GLBA Really Means to You

03 Mar 2010
L. Scott Harrell
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databases, laws, private investigator, research, skip tracing
In the mid-1990s to early 2000’s, we entered an era when the “Information Age” precipitated a shift in the private investigations industry then made up largely of “Gumshoe Investigators” to one whose population was being replaced by a new age of “Internet Investigators.” Database...
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