Use Cases Across Law, Finance, Real Estate, and Investigations
Attorneys & Law Firms
Parties to litigation are avoiding service or have outdated contact information.
Use Case: Attorneys use skip tracing to find defendants, witnesses, heirs, or business owners for service of process or notification.
Features Needed: Real-time address verification, court records, business and corporate entity lookups.
Real Estate Investors (Wholesalers, Flippers, Landlords)
Need to contact absentee owners or heirs of distressed/vacant properties.
Use Case: Investors use skip tracing to find property owners, heirs, or lien holders to negotiate purchases or resolve title issues.
Features Needed: Reverse address lookup, owner contact info, estate records, mailing address history.
Process Servers
Defendants, witnesses, or parties are evading service or have outdated addresses.
Use Case: Process servers use skip tracing to update target locations and ensure timely and legal service of documents.
Features Needed: Phone/email verification, DMV address history (if allowed), known associates.
Private Investigators
Need to locate missing persons, verify identities, or investigate backgrounds.
Use Case: PIs use skip tracing software to compile detailed profiles of individuals using public and proprietary data.
Features Needed: Known aliases, relatives and associates, vehicle records, social media links.
Judgment Recovery Specialists
Debtors are actively hiding assets or location.
Use Case: Skip tracing tools are used to track down individuals and support post-judgment enforcement actions.
Features Needed: Asset and employer lookup, property ownership, business affiliations.
Collection Agencies
Debtors are unresponsive, have changed addresses, or are using false information.
Use Case: Collection agents use skip tracing to locate debtors, verify employment, and determine ability to pay.
Features Needed: Employment verification, phone/email append, credit header data, bankruptcy and lien records.
Insurance Companies
Claimants or policyholders are unreachable or have provided outdated contact details.
Use Case: Insurance investigators use skip tracing to locate claimants, beneficiaries, or third-party witnesses for claims resolution or fraud investigation.
Features Needed: Address and phone history, death index checks, SSN validation, known associates.
Bail Bond Agents
Defendants have skipped bail and are avoiding capture.
Use Case: Bail agents use skip tracing tools to find fugitives and bring them back to custody.
Features Needed: Last known address, vehicle registration, jail and arrest records, real-time surveillance data (where legal).
Government Agencies
Beneficiaries, defendants, or recipients of government programs are unlocatable or non-compliant.
Use Case: Agencies use skip tracing to find individuals involved in fraud, enforcement, or outreach programs.
Features Needed: Public records access, change-of-address history, utility records, incarceration data.
Financial Institutions (Lenders, Banks)
Borrowers default on loans and cannot be contacted using listed information.
Use Case: Lenders use skip tracing to locate borrowers for loan recovery or foreclosure proceedings.
Features Needed: Credit bureau data, employment status, asset search, alternative contacts.