Any attorney that handles personal injury cases will be the first to tell you how important it is to conduct an asset search before settling a case for the insured’s policy limits, especially when the damages or injuries to the client exceed that amount. If the attorney fails to conduct the asset search on behalf […]

Asset Search services are one of those areas that most people know little about until they need them. For years personal injury attorneys have conducted asset searches to satisfy their due diligence in determining the nature of a defendant or potential defendant’s assets and liabilities- who is at fault for a motor vehicle accident or […]

The division of assets and liabilities can be one of the most difficult tasks in a divorce today.  Many people commit to marriage without a Pre-Nuptial Agreement or without substantial knowledge of their fiancé’s financial standing. Then when the couple find themselves in a divorce down the line, there can be confusion, fighting and an […]

  Many people still have the wrong impression that if a debtor dies, their debt dies with them.  Not quite true. Debt does not necessarily vanish when the debtor dies. The short answer is every creditor will get paid, in full, even when the debtor dies, so as long as the deceased person has enough […]

Short Answer: As an attorney who has been conducting asset searches for other attorneys for over 20 years, I am repeatedly contacted or approached by lawyers and other professionals and asked whether it is permissible for a lawyer, individual, asset search company or private investigator to conduct bank, stock, bond or mutual fund account searches […]

It has become increasingly important for both businesses and individuals to receive payments that are due to them. Debtors are often delinquent in paying for goods, services or other financial obligations. When a debtor does not pay, the creditor is forced to take legal action either through a collection agency or an attorney. But before […]

When choosing a new business partner or vendor for your company, shouldn’t you be fully aware of their financial health? Also, when proceeding with a lawsuit, isn’t it important to verify if the subject has sufficient assets or outstanding liabilities to decide whether it is even cost effective to proceed with an action? By conducting […]

If you are one of the many individuals in this country not receiving the child support that is due to you and you are struggling to make a decent living for yourself and your children as a result of this issue, conducting an asset search on the obligor or deadbeat parent is the first place […]

Losing a loved one is never easy. It is even harder when heirs or executors are confronted with the sometimes tedious responsibility of settling and probating a decedent’s estate. A decedent’s estate consists of whatever they owned at death, such as a business, bank accounts, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, retirement accounts, pensions, real estate, timeshares, […]

An asset search is a very cost-effective tool that can help businesses make well-informed business decisions.