7 things that private investigators hope you never learn. D. Harris
In just about every state across America it is legal to do your own investigations into anyone else. You don’t need a special license or permission from any government agency. You can’t represent yourself as a Official Private Investigator though, that is very illegal and punishable as a felony under the law.
Most people's information is readily available to anyone through “public records and background check investigation outlets in every state and most are also online. Just about any information you may need about any person or property is available through your county hall of records or city hall or courthouse, that is if you know how and where to find them. That route is time consuming as heck but the information is there if you take the time to investigate and find it. I would suggest cutting 98% of the time off your search by using a public records or background check service.
There are also online background check services that combine all the available resources for public information and query them all at once, they can save you hours of travel and days of eye work. Most modern private Investigators take this route to save time, energy and money. They may not tell you as the client that this is what they do but rest assured it is. Here is a great list of 7 ways to obtain information on any Pronoun, person, place or thing. A good background check membership website will utilize all of the techniques listed below and more on a national level almost instantly.
Reverse Phone number lookup Directories. Phone companies (many of them) will sell you a reverse listing phone book of subscribers listed by phone number first as opposed to the normal name first format. So when you know a telephone number you can find the address and name that owns that number or at least leases it, I guess the phone company is the actual owner. Unlisted numbers do not appear on this list but there are many reverse phone number lookup services online that do the same thing on a national even international level, saving you time and energy again in your investigation. Welcome to the future.
The Board of elections. This is a great source for investigation information, a persons name, hair and eye color, place of employment, previous employment and addresses all are on file there. There is even immigration status information and unpublished phone numbers. All of this is in the public records information domain and legally obtainable by any civilian or investigator.
The USPS (post office) Under the freedom of information act you can request information on any box holder in the country, for a small fee. But any citizen can make the information unavailable for the same fee, the vast majority of people don't even know that the information can be made available to investigators so never even think to make it unavailable. Private investigators know this and use this investigation tactic as a 1st or 2nd move in any and all of their investigations.
Property Records. There is a property office in every county, you can find great financial and property records there as a united states citizen, all records are also under the freedom of information act.
The DMV (department of motor vehicles) you can get the identification of all vehicles owned by an individual or business, their driving records and any suspensions or liens and more.
Tax Assessors or collectors office. Great source of tax information on individuals, goes hand in hand with the next one on the list.
Bureau of vital statistics. This is where you can find birth certificates, death certificates and marriage licenses.
These are all time tried and proven methods of obtaining information for free, most of these resources are available online, but they have always been time consuming and energy expensive. There is a much easier way to gather information in today’s modern world for the average citizen. These online background check service query the entire countries databases and can find in seconds what use to take weeks of footwork and research.
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