What Is a Skip Trace?
A skip trace is the process of locating a person's whereabouts. When someone "skips town" or moves without leaving a forwarding address, it can be challenging to find them. This term is often used in the context of service of process, debt collection, bounty hunting, or investigative work.
How Does Pro Legal Perform Skip Tracing?
Our skip tracers use various methods and tools to track down individuals. We use multiple permissible use information databases that store, cross-check, and sort by date any information related to the subject found, like address history, personal property, and more.
Skip tracing also involves searching public records, social media, and other sources of information. Our goal is to gather enough information to locate the person and contact them for legal or legitimate reasons, whether in town or out of state.
What Type of Information Is Searched When Running a Skip Trace?
Skip tracing is primarily completed by accessing permissible use information databases governed by the GLBA and DPPA.
These databases store information pertaining to the individual that includes, but is not limited to:
- Address history
- Credit report address information
- Personal property records
- DMV history
- Motor vehicle records
- Utilities
- Liens
- Judgements
- Bankruptcies
- Telephone records
- Reverse phone number
- Emails
- Social media
- Relatives
- Professional licenses
- Forwarding mail search
- Uniform Commercial Code Search
It's important to note that skip tracing must be conducted within the bounds of the law, and privacy regulations must be respected. Unauthorized or illegal methods of obtaining information can lead to legal consequences.
Complete Your Service of Process With a Pro Legal Skip Trace
Our nearly 30 years of experience and error-free service have made Pro Legal Support Services one of the Twin Cities’ most trusted process service companies.
Once an individual is found with our reliable skip tracing service, our team ensures they are served correctly, even if they are out of state. With our solution-driven servers and comprehensive nationwide network, your case won’t stall out in our hands.
Request a skip trace or any of our other services today through our online form, and if you have any questions about any of our services or our process, please contact us online or call 612-860-5844.