Practical material on judgment enforcement, asset investigation, and how this work actually gets done — including the parts that reflect badly on our own industry.
The lawful sequence, ordered from cheapest to most expensive: your own file, public record trails, the process your judgment already entitles you to, and a professional bank search. Plus why pretexting makes the exposure yours, not the vendor's.
Read itMost investigative firms sound identical on a website. These are the questions where a weak vendor has to dodge or admit something — with what a good answer sounds like, the red flags, and our own answer to each.
Read itSkip trace, permissible purpose, pretexting, UCC-1, charging order, fraudulent transfer, domestication, beneficial ownership — defined plainly for counsel and credit teams.
Open the glossaryPermissible purpose, the GLBA pretexting prohibition, FCRA limits on investigative reports, DPPA, Washington licensing, data handling — and the work we decline.
Read the standardsWe write when we have something specific to say rather than on a content calendar. If there's a question you keep having to answer for clients, tell us and we'll write it up. Get in touch.
Published rates, documented permissible purpose, 45 years of Washington sources.