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 for identifying where a debtor banks: your own file, public record trails, the process your judgment already gives you, and a professional search. Plus why pretexting makes the exposure yours.
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The questions where a weak investigative vendor has to dodge or admit something. Each one comes with the red flags and our own answer.
Read itPlain definitions of skip trace, permissible purpose, pretexting, UCC-1, charging order, fraudulent transfer, domestication, and beneficial ownership.
Open the glossaryPermissible purpose, the GLBA pretexting prohibition, FCRA limits, DPPA, Washington licensing, file retention, and the work we decline.
Read the standardsPublished rates, documented permissible purpose, 45 years of Washington sources.