Practical articles on collecting judgments and finding assets, and on how investigative work gets done, including some parts that don't flatter our industry.
The lawful sequence for identifying where a debtor banks: your own file, public record trails, the process your judgment already gives you, and a professional search. It also explains how a vendor who pretexts can leave you liable.
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Questions a weak investigative vendor will struggle to answer well. Each one lists the red flags to watch for and gives our own answer.
Read itPlain definitions of skip trace, permissible purpose, pretexting, UCC-1, charging order, fraudulent transfer, domestication, and beneficial ownership.
Open the glossaryPermissible purpose, the GLBA pretexting prohibition, FCRA limits, DPPA, Washington licensing, file retention, and the work we decline.
Read the standardsOur rates are published, and every search runs under a documented permissible purpose with 45 years of Washington sources behind it.