• Address Retrace is the top half of a Credit Report. The listing usually contains the subject's Social Security Number, employer, spouse's initial, and year of birth, and the last three addresses.

• Bankruptcies, Tax Liens & Judgments: is a state wide check that provides up to 10 years' history of derogatory financial information filed against an individual or a business on a county, state and federal level. Superior, municipal, and small claims judgments are noted. Good for obtaining names of spouses, partners, locating businesses, addresses, file date and number, amount of judgment and/or lien and status of each filing. Sometimes provides social security number and/or tax ID numbers.

• California State Board of Equalization: is a state wide check of retail sales businesses, or people who hold resale permits. Can be checked by either the business name, the name of the individual, or an address. Good source for locating businesses, addresses, partners, and dates in assets investigations.

• Superior and Municipal Court Criminal Filings: provide a history of criminal charges filed against an individual, including file date, file number and possible alias names and level of charges. Generally would require a follow-up search within the appropriate county for conviction and sentencing information.

• Upper and Lower CourtCivil Filings provide a history of civil litigation for an individual or a business. For Upper Court this includes lawsuits involving at least $25,000; for Lower Court this includes lawsuits less than $25,000. Research of the actual files can reveal names of spouses, social security numbers, names of other plaintiffs/defendants, other business affiliations, history of specific types of litigation.

• Docket Scan is a method of having civil or criminal dockets read or purchased in any county in the United States. It gives an overview of what is on file, and list the printouts that are available.

• Fictitious Business Name Index is a county wide check, either by business name, or the name of an individual. It is useful in identifying the ownership of a business, or in locating business assets of a person.

• California Death Index is always about three years behind. It is on Microfiche which we keep in our office. The index list all deaths in California from 1940 through 1993. Useful in heir searching and in Probate cases. The fiche list the initials of the spouse, sex, date of death, and county index number. Will also list the subject's Social Security Number.

• Photo History on a Vehicle is a certified copy of all transfer records on that vehicle. The record is available for the last three years, and can be pulled one year at a time. Includes the signature of each person who signed a document, and the date there on. Necessary when vehicle ownership must be known, and there are multiple transfers on file.

• California Driving Record list violations, citations and accidents for the last three years, and drunk driving and other violations for up to seven years. The record also list the vehicle license number of the vehicles driven. The record is useful for finding employers and friends and frequented areas. The driving record no longer gives the subject's address unless the record is obtained for service of process.

• California Marriage Index is a listing of all people who have been married in California between 1960 and 1986. It lists couples by any name used in a marriage license application, and list prior marriages. Excellent database for identifying women whose names have changed with subsequent marriages. (Note: It is possible to obtain an unregistered marriage in California by paying additional fees, but this is not common.)

• Dun & Bradstreet Business Reports are used to identify credit risks. They are useful in identifying corporate principals and their backgrounds and personal information. This database can also locate parent or subsidiary companies

• Real Property is checked by both SITUS and the person's or company's NAME, and can be checked state wide or by the county. Additionally the property address can be checked in the computer for all tax bills sent to that address, regardless of the name on the property. This type of check finds properties that are in the name of a trust or partnerships, and is done on all assets investigations. In addition to the address check, "Like" property sales are checked. This allows an educated guess as to the current value of the questioned property without having an expensive real estate appraiser involved.

• Popular Literature Search is useful for finding experts on any subject you can think of. This database will list the newspaper or magazine, the date of publication, the page number and the author of any article written on any subject. If you wish to know about cuts from beer cans, or the dangers of any lollipop stick, you can be sure that someone has written about it.

• Social Security Trace is a printout of the names and addresses of people using the SSN entered. It is useful to locate current addresses, and current names of women. The database will list up to three people using the number, and up to three addresses of each. The database is a product of the credit reports used nation wide. (Only researched in conjunction with an attorney in a documented criminal or civil proceeding)

• SURNAME SCAN is a database that matches names, addresses and listed phone numbers of up to 200 individuals who share common surname. Sources of information include telephone white pages, publisher's mailing lists, U.S. Postal Service forwarding orders, real estate information and registered voter files.

• Professional Licensing Searches provides the name and address of an individual or a business that is licensed to perform specific professional services. It recorded by state licensing authorities.

• Info: PROBES scan more than 500 databases in 50 locations (states). If the subject's name appears, then the appropriate database can be searched for specifics. The Probe has a variety of applications and each Application Probe searches those specific databases applicable to the type of research being conducted:
  1. People Locator Probes
  2. Individual Background Probes
  3. Business Background Probes
  4. Pre-Trial Preparation Probes
  5. Due Diligence Probes
  6. Litigation History Probes
  7. Insurance Fraud and Subrogation Probes
  8. Individual Asset Finder Probes
  9. Business Asset Finder Probes

This is only a partial list of what is available. If you need answers on any search or investigation, please contact Klopper Investigations. 

Tel. 707-937-6018

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