Published rates, with no retainer and no hourly billing on searches.
Every search we run is listed below with its price. Each one is a flat rate for a defined scope. If we come up empty, most searches drop to a lower no-hit rate and a few cost nothing at all. The rates follow what the underlying data costs us to license and maintain, and steady volume gets priced on a sliding scale.
- Flat rates, published
- No-hit pricing
- No retainer required
- No hourly billing on searches
- Volume terms available
How pricing works
What "no-hit pricing" means
On financial searches, you pay the full rate only when we find something. If the search comes back empty, you pay the no-hit rate instead, typically $40 to $85, and $0 on policy limits searches. You still receive the full report documenting what was searched and where, which is what supports a diligence showing or a decision to stop spending on a file.
Skip tracing & locates
Two products, for two different jobs. Turnaround in business days.
| Service | Price | Turnaround | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Trace Investigation | $200 | 2 days | Full investigative locate: cross-referenced, confidence-rated, with sources noted |
| Bulk Database Reports | $20–$50 | Batch | Comprehensive person report per subject, at volume. Database output, not investigator-verified |
Bulk report pricing sits on a sliding scale between $20 and $50 per comprehensive report depending on sustained monthly volume. How the two compare.
Bank & brokerage searches
All conducted under a documented permissible purpose. Our standards.
| Service | Price | No-hit | Turnaround |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statewide Bank Search (personal) | $325 | $40 | 7 days |
| Nationwide Bank Search (personal) | $450 | $50 | 7 days |
| Statewide Business Bank Search | $350 | $40 | 7 days |
| Nationwide Business Bank Search | $475 | $50 | 7 days |
| Closed Business Bank Search | $95 | n/a | 7 days |
| Brokerage Search | $550 | $85 | 5 days |
For deceased subjects, a brokerage search is initiated automatically when a bank account is located. What a bank search can and cannot produce.
Asset searches
| Service | Price | Turnaround | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset Search | $350 | 7 days | Real property, vehicles, entities, liens, judgments |
Conducted from licensed, aggregated, and electronically available records. Live county-level retrieval and state agency public records requests are not included in the base rate. Specify them at intake and they are quoted separately, on the agency's response time, which we don't control. Multi-jurisdiction and multi-entity matters are also quoted after intake. Live records and PRR work.
Insurance policy & coverage searches
Priced by the age of the loss. Turnaround 15 business days.
| Service | Age of loss | Price | No-hit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Policy Number | n/a | $150 | n/a |
| Policy Limits | 0–1 year | $375 | $0 |
| 1–3 years | $475 | $0 | |
| 3–5 years | $650 | $0 | |
| Policy Existence | 0–1 year | $550 | $85 |
| 1–3 years | $650 | $85 | |
| 3–5 years | $850 | $85 | |
| Umbrella Locate | 0–1 year | $745 | $85 |
| 1–3 years | $945 | $85 | |
| 3–4 years | $1,295 | $85 |
Policy limits searches carry no no-hit charge. If we don't find the limits, there is no fee. How coverage searches work.
Identifiers, records & supporting searches
| Service | Price | Turnaround | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phone Number Break | $85 | 1 day | Simple lookup |
| Date of Birth | $30 | 1 day | $40 for both if ordered with SSN |
| Social Security Number | $30 | 1 day | $40 for both if ordered with DOB |
| FEIN | $125 | 1 day | Business tax identification |
| License Plate Search | $100 | 2 days | DPPA permissible use required |
| Background Check | $50 | 2 days | Investigative only, not FCRA-permissible |
| Employment Background Check | $50 | 2 days | Per state |
| Court Records Check | Quoted | 2 days | Varies by jurisdiction |
| Litigation Support (field work) | $75–$150/hr | Per matter | Interviews, records retrieval, and research billed hourly |
| Witness Interview | Quoted | 14 days | Scoped per matter |
| Surveillance Operations | Quoted | Scheduled with you | Quoted per matter from the operation plan |
| Executive Protection | Quoted | Same week for most details | Quoted per detail after a threat assessment |
| Device Forensics | Quoted | Set at intake | Quoted per matter by device count and scope |
| Witness Testimony | Quoted | 14 days | Scoped per matter; arrange retention when you open the file |
| Secure File Retention & Storage | Quoted | n/a | Required to hold a file beyond 30 days |
On background checks
Our background checks are investigative work product, not consumer reports. They may not be used to make hiring, credit, insurance, or housing decisions. Those require a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. If that's what you need, tell us and we'll refer you.
Our rates are based on what the data costs to license and keep current.
Good investigative data costs money and goes stale if nobody works on it. Licensed sources carry a real per-search cost. Proprietary local material has to be acquired, indexed, corrected, and maintained continuously. Records get amended and entities get renamed, and an index nobody keeps up is worth less every year it sits. Our rates cover the cost of keeping that material current, plus the investigator time to reconcile it.
A $39 "instant bank search" is usually a recycled aggregator record that may be years old, returned with no verification and no source. On a garnishment, naming the wrong institution costs you far more than the cheap search saved. We charge $325 for a statewide bank search and expect to get it right.
The no-hit rates come from the same reasoning. When a search turns up nothing, you shouldn't pay the full data cost, but the search still used paid sources. The no-hit rate covers that, and it's published here so nobody has to argue about it after the fact.
Billing terms
- Flat rate against a defined scope. The price you're quoted at intake is the price on the invoice.
- No retainer on published-rate searches for established business clients.
- No hourly billing on any search on this page. Hourly rates apply only to litigation support and field work, at $75–$150/hr or as quoted per matter.
- No-hit rates apply where shown. You still receive the full report.
- Rush handling is available on most searches. Ask at intake.
- Sliding-scale volume pricing on recurring and bulk work. The per-file rate falls as sustained volume rises.
- Files are destroyed 30 days after delivery unless extended retention is arranged. You keep your own copies; if you may need testimony later, say so when you open the assignment.
- Turnaround is typical, not guaranteed, and depends on jurisdiction and record availability. Any exception is flagged before you authorize.
Rates current as of October 13, 2026 and subject to change. The rate confirmed in your written scope governs that engagement.
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