Legal Reasons To Hire An Investigator To Locate A Persons Place Of Employment

By Ed Opperman

Is it legal to hire a private investigator to locate a persons current place of employment? The answer depends on the motive behind your request. There are many perfectly legal and legitimate reasons to locate someone's place of work or current job but there are also many motives that could land you in big trouble. This article will attempt to outline some of the legitimate reasons and also some motives that may not fall under permissible reasons.

For instance if your intentions is to stalk, threaten, intimidate or harass then obviously you do not have a legitimate reason. You are committing a serious crime. If the investigator uncovers this motive he is obligated to report you to the police. But what if you have a crush on someone and want to know where they work to casually run into them? Is that legitimate or authorized reason? The answer is no. A person has a reasonable expectation of privacy and it should not be violated for frivolous reasons.

An example of a legitimate reason would be a place of employment locate to serve a subpoena. If you have a summons or subpoena and have attempted to serve at all other known addresses you can permissibly attempt to locate a work address to serve process. Another authorized reason would be to serve the employer with an income execution or child support order to garnish the subjects wages. In child support cases you may also need to determine their current employment to show their actual salary and wages for a court appearance to obtain child support.

Perhaps you have a court judgment and want to see where they work to collect on your judgment. This is also a very legitimate reason for a POE or place of employment locate search. Another reason might be a workman's comp type case. Perhaps a person is collecting benefits because they claim they are unable to work. A place of employment locate could be just the proof needed to show that the person is falsely or illegally obtaining insurance payments when they actually are capable of working.

If you believe you have a legitimate reason that is not covered here in this article you should consult with a private investigator to be sure that you are not violating a persons right to privacy before investigating their work address or place of employment. It's always best to consult with a professional that has experience in this field of investigation before possibly getting yourself in trouble.

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Most Common Reasons For an Asset Search Investigation

By Ed Opperman

An Asset search investigation and reveal an incredible amount of information about a person. There are many reasons why a person may hire a private investigator to conduct an asset search investigation. But some reasons are more common than others. This is a brief description of the most common reasons for an asset search.

1. Judgment Recovery - A litigant will win a lawsuit and obtain a judgment. This is an order from the court compelling a person to pay. But unless you can uncover a person's hidden assets you may never be able to collect on a judgment. So you need to locate their hidden assets. Once the funds are located you can follow the legal procedures to seize the funds from the account.

2. Divorce Litigation - When a couple is going through a divorce proceeding many time one spouse will suspect the other of hiding assets. It could be cash, property, vehicles or business holdings. But the one thing most people are seeking in these types of investigations are hidden bank accounts.

3. Child Support Collections - You may have a judgment for child support but the ex refuses to pay and is working off the books so you cannot garnish their paycheck. An asset search can uncover hidden business interests, stocks, and secret bank accounts. Sometimes the search will include employment information as well. If not there are specific investigations regarding current place of employment that could be bundled in with the asset search.

4. Pre-Litigation - You may have a very good case against someone but if they have no insurance and no assets to pay a judgment there may be no point in going through the expense of litigation. A pre-litigation will spare the expense of a pointless trial.

5. Disputes Over Wills and Probates - There are often disputes between heirs after a death. many times family members feel that the executor of the will is keeping them in the dark about the deceased's assets. An heir may feel better if no stone is left unturned.

A typical asset search investigation will locate property, real estate holdings, vehicles, bank accounts, trust accounts, businesses and even PayPal accounts. It can uncover a wealth of information and when used in conjunction with subpoena power and a forensic accountant or other professional can solve every one of the problems listed above. There may be other reasons why people will hire an investigator to perform an asset search but these are the most common.

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