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The Miami Dade Private Investigators specialize in Criminal background checks , infidelity investigations, locating lost loved ones and video surveillance. Our S Fl agency helps with ways to find people, locate employers, GPS Vehicle Tracking, conduct surveillance services in Miami Dade and Florida for civil, domestic, insurance fraud and infidelity investigation. Our P.I’s obtain information to assist you with any case or personal investigation. We discretely conduct a people search online and background checks throughout Fl and the United States , county, state or area. The Miami Dade private investigator can find an employer for child support or judgment debt collection. Our company performs many Record Searches, background records search, due diligence investigation and install hidden cameras at home or your business. Prvt Investigative services include Miami Dade Detectives, infidelity investigators to investigate fraud, investigate marital infidelity, civil investigations, child custody investigations, spousal surveillance, investigate cheaters, cheating spouses, employee theft and more. A Miami dade people search can be done with many PI methods including a phone trace, cellular phone trace, unlisted number trace, people address search, people search by social security number, skiptracing, people search by background check, people search by name, people search by public record and a USA people search. The Miami Dade private investigator can order a background check with just a first name and an address. Our Miami Dade county background check investigation or database searches are simple to buy or order online at SpyCenter.com…..Protect your children now more than ever before. Having a Miami Dade private investigator  conduct a background check in Florida or in your dade county or broward county neighborhood where you plan to relocate will make the difference. The Dade county private investigator is your private and confidential eyes and ears in the neighborhood.  One call to the Miami Dade private investigator can start the ball rolling on a background check or record search. Theft, robbery, home invasions and and child molesters are constant threats to our society. The Miami Dade private investigator can help to identify potential threats nationwide so you can make an informed decision and protect your family.

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Background Investigation Services  

Background Investigation Services:  Spy Center .com provides background searches , criminal records and other backgrounds as a part of our extensive record searches and due dilligence services. You can consider our private investigation services for pre employment screenings , tenant screenings , pre marital investigations and other reasons. Background Checks and Background Investigations are an integral part of our due dilliegence services and record search services.

Background investigations from Spy Center .com is conducted by our private detectives and provides an in-depth history or insight into a subject’s background history. Criminal background investigations, arrest records , felony records , hidden or past assets, workers’ compensation, employment background investigation,  civil history, and other public records are just some of the many background investigation data available from our private detective agency.

Records available to a private investigator are very accurate and effective.  If we conduct an online investigation or a background check we compile accurate records retrieved from millions of private and public database sources and / or court house record searches .

Background Investigation Services

Types for Background Investigations and Background Checks:

• Pre-Marital and Pre-Nuptial
• Business-Related Background checks
• Personal Background Search 
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• Background check for Litigation or Legal Support
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• Pre-Marital Background checks
• Tenant Background Screening

Our background investigations can allow you to properly identify a person , locate a missing person , determine prior lifestyle , prior employment , traffic or driving history , determine a persons profile , verify a persons social security number and more.

Items which you can usually have access for a Background Investigation:

• Aliases
• criminal records
• Wants and Warrants
• Felony Record Checks
• Inmate Records
• Sexual Predators
• Civil Records
• Prior Litigations
• Local
• State
• Federal
• Identity Verifications
• Social Security Number Traces
• Property Ownership
• Marriage Licenses Records
• Divorces Records
• Drivers Records
• Death Records
• Tax Liens
• Judgments
• FAA Checks
• Doing Business As
• Character Reference Checks
• Persons Lifestyle
• Surveillance
• Photos of Unknown Subjects
• Identity Verification
• Public Records
• Covert Background Investigations
• Covert Undercover Investigations

• PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS AND BACKGROUND SEARCHES

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Miami Private Investigation services :
 
Florida Background Checks
Florida Criminal records
Background Investigations  
Background Investigation Services 
Adultery or Infidelity Investigations
Marital Infidelity investigator
Pre-Marital Investigations
Accident Reconstruction
Malpractice Investigations 
Activity Checks
Disability Checks
Attorney Support Services
Claims Detective Services
Miami Litigation Support & Legal Support  
Domestic investigation
Adopted Child Locate Investigation
Personal Injury  Investigations
Child Custody Investigations
Maritime Investigations
Retail Store Investigations 
Insurance defense Investigations
Insurance fraud investigations
Birth Parent Locate Investigation
Installation of CCTV Surveillance Cameras
Hidden surveillance cameras
Remote Surveillance monitoring
Covert Surveillance cameras
Spy cameras
Spy Surveillance products
Mystery Shoppers and Secret Shoppers 
DNA Paternity Testing 
Paternity Investigations
Cheating Decoy Investigations
Miami Private Detective Services
Unfaithful Spouses
Marital Infidelity and Adultery
Cheating Mate Investigations
Child Abuse Investigation Services
Visitation Investigations
Pre-Employment Screening 
Tenant Screening
Child Exploitation and Obscenity
Child Support Enforcement
Process Service 
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Public Interest Investigations 
Cohabitation Investigation
Polygraph Testing and Lie Detection
Polygraph and Lie Detection for Domestic Purposes 
Competitive Business Intelligence
Polygraph and Lie Detection for Employee Purposes 
Due Diligence Investigation
Computer Forensics Investigation
Polygraph Services
Lie Detection for Pre Employment Screening 
Criminal Background Checks
Criminal Investigation
Civil records
Telephone number tracing
Cellular phone number trace
Real Estate Fraud Investigations 
Dependency Investigations 
Runaway and Missing Children 
Discrimination Claims Investigations
Loss and Theft Investigations
Miami Divorce Investigation 
Cheating Spouses
Domestic Investigations
Drug Testing
Slander and Defamation of Character Investigations 
Video Surveillance Services
Spousal Maintenance or Alimony Modification 
Eavesdropping Detection
Bug Sweeps , Bug Detection Services
Wire tap Detection – Bug Sweeping
Undercover operations
Sting Operations 
Elder Abuse Investigations
Stalking and Harassment Investigations 
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GPS Vehicle trackers
Counter-Surveillance  Measures
Employee Theft Investigation Surveillance
Pre-Employment Screening
Beacon or GPS tracking 
Expert Witness Testimony
Technical Surveillance Countermeasures 
Tenant Screening  Services
Hidden Assets Investigation
Vehicle Accident Reconstruction 
Workplace Investigations 
Locate Missing Persons 
Hidden Assets Searches
Undercover Detectives
Covert Investigations 
Identity Theft   
Insurance Fraud Investigations
Vendor Screening Investigations 
Intellectual Property
White Collar Crime 
Witness Locates and Interviewing 
SkipTracing Services
database Searches
Workers’ Compensation Fraud  
Reference Checks
work comp investigators
PIP Investigations services
Miami legal Services
and more Private Investigations in Miami and south Florida

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Background Investigation Techniques Part I ( posted in Miami Florida )

Background investigation is a very basic and essential technique in investigations. It is actually the crux of all investigation. It’s values are indispensable and a well performed background investigation can make or break a case.

Why perform Background Investigation Services ?
Simply, because you need to know something or some things about an individual, a business, or another entity.

Here are a few examples:

You need to know if your new nanny has had a record of child abuse or abduction.
You need to know if your potential new employee has been truthful about everything on his or her application.
You need to know if your client is on the level.
You need to know if the plaintiff is being fraudulent.
You need to know if your witness can be impeached.
You need to know if your opposition’s star witness has a “usable dark spot” in his past
You need to know if that business you are considering purchasing is being sued or has been sued and has liens against it.
You need to know if your business partner is involved in other things.
You need to know if your opposing attorney is going to use the exact same closing arguments he or she used at the last trial.
You need to know the presiding judge’s biases.
You need to know the jury members political affiliations.
The list goes on and on . . .

What can I learn from Background Investigation Services ?
You can learn many, many things about your subject, including, but not limited to:

A correct name and any aliases used.
A correct company name and any subsidiaries, etc.
Correct addresses, telephone numbers, social security numbers, tax i.d.’s, etc.
Correct current and previous employers.
Criminal convictions.
Civil litigation history.
Assets and Liabilities, including banking and property info.
Judgments and liens, etc.
Automobile/vehicle ownership information.
Automobile driving records.
Personal Property Tax information.
Real Estate Tax Information.
Neighbors, friends, relatives.
Credit history (with a written consent).
Spouse, relatives, friends, associates, business partners, businesses, etc
In short, you can even find out what kind of deodorant someone uses, as well as other things you may not care to know. But maybe we should save that for another section . . .

WHY ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT CORRECTNESS?
That’s because so many errors occur in the real world, that you have to verify what is correct to prevent yourself from spinning your wheels trying to chase some red herring. For example: Say you were hired to perform a background search on me, William Shelton. Your initial assignment from one of the many attorneys or paralegals at Big & Bigger Attorneys at Law said they needed to find all the dirt on this Bill Sheldon, an investigator located in Northern Virginia, and we need it yesterday. If you went about trying to find the Bill Sheldon, you might not have much luck. And on your report to the client, whom you just charged $1000, might have said there was no such person. The client responds, “We know there is! He used to work for us!” What’s the problem here? The problem is that you spent your client’s money looking for the wrong person. You should have been looking for a ‘Shelton’ and not a ‘Sheldon’. Chances are you would have seen this mistake, but this is just an illustration of how correctness plays a roll in our business. Granted it is ultimately the client’s responsibility to provide you with the correct information to begin with, but GET REAL! Take it from a seasoned pro, THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN OFTEN! Here’s another example, just a few weeks before the writing of this, I was given three subpoenas to serve. They were drop dead, HAVE-to serve-them-NOW, and I-don’t-care-what-you-charge subpoenas. Each of the three subpoenas had incorrect addresses. I could have called the attorney and said,”Uh, the addresses on those subpoenas were bogus. What do you want me to do?” Which would have made the attorneys sweat bullets. Instead, I got to a pay phone called directory assistance and a few other places, also spoke with a Federal Express courier, and within the very short time allotted I had each one of those subpoenas correctly served. And the attorney were none the wiser until they received the report and the bill, which they have graciously paid and were grateful to have had the subpoenas served. They have also called back and refereed our services. The point is that you have to be as accurate as possible in order to do a good job, and you have be even better to run a successful business.
What do I need to perform Background Investigation Services ?

How about enough money to pay a professional?
Okay, enough of the plugs . . .
Time, telephone, pen , paper, car, and some money. These are the basic necessities. Other very helpful items include a computer, information databases, internet access, and directories of private investigators around the country from associates like InfoGuys, NALI, CII, WAD, etc..
Good common sense and some street smarts. The key is not necessarily knowing where the information is, but it’s knowing who to ask. Most investigations are conducted in this manner. It is impossible in today’s age of information to know where every little snippet of information is, but it is not impossible to know how to find it, and finding it simply requires tenacious inquiry – OR ask around until you find the answer.

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The key is not necessarily knowing where the information is, but it’s knowing who to ask. Honestly, most Private investigations are conducted in this manner. It is impossible in today’s age of information for any one person to know where every little snippet of information is, but it is not impossible to know how to find it. Finding the information simply requires tenacious inquiry – OR keep asking around until you find the answer.”

NOTE:
Please know that most states forbid persons from looking into the reputation or activities of other persons or business as an ordinary course in their business, UNLESS that person is a licensed private investigator, attorney or their employees, or law enforcement. Even if you do it occasionally to check out your nanny or a renter, there may be restrictions. AND if you do violate any laws, aside from obvious repercussions, any information you have retrieved about that person may be deemed inadmissible in a court of law. Please consult the laws in your state. by infoguys

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Background Investigations  Part II

 ( posted in Miami Florida )

Okay. Let’s get started. Let’s use the ‘Potential Nanny’ as an example. But first let’s go over a few very important issues:
IMPORTANT!
Simply because someone has a clean background is no guarantee they will not commit improprieties. The reason that background checks are known to work is that people are creatures of habit. A person who has been convicted of a crime may very well have a tendency to commit crimes. Or someone who has sued another may have a tendency to sue. When we find information on people and the like, we focus in on patterns of behavior as our driving force in making a decision. Again, a clean background check is no guarantee that your nanny will do the right thing. For better security we recommend installing surveillance equipment to periodically monitor your nanny.

IMPORTANT!
Please consult the laws in your state or seek the advice of an attorney, regarding hiring of employees and what information you may or may not ask of a potential employee. An example of this would be what ‘race’ or ‘age’ is the potential employee. If you ask these types of questions you may liable for discrimination, So, please read the law!

Please remember that all the techniques can be applied to performing a background check on a person, business, or entity.

There is one important difference between this type of background investigation (Pre-employment) and most of the other types, and that is that the subject, in this case the nanny knows the investigation is taking place and will sign a release of information so that you may obtain privileged or confidential information, such as a credit report or scholastic records. Other types of investigations may be considered ‘surreptitious’, or without the person’s knowledge.

First have your potential nanny fill out and sign an employment application. You can find an application for employment at you local library or law library, or stationary mega-mart, or you can search for it here on the Net. The application should contain fields that ask for their full name and aliases and maiden name, date of birth (DOB), social security number (SSN), previous employment for ten years, education background (names and addresses of institutions), previous addresses for ten years, full names of spouse and/or children, names and addresses and telephone numbers of at least three references, whether or not the applicant has been convicted of a crime or is in any kind of litigation, or is being treated for mental illness, what kind of medications they are taking, and if there are any restrictions that may impede their performance, and a name and address and telephone number of the closest living relative not living with the applicant, and a contact in case of emergency. Please tell the applicant that you wish to have the entire application filled out and that you will not accept blank fields without an explanation. Also, Please read the laws in your state regarding hiring, or consult an attorney.

Tip:
To save some time and legwork: When doing court research, or any other agency research for that matter, call the clerk’s office first. Tell them you want to order copies of a case file. Tell them you don’t have a case number but you only have the name of the defendant (or plaintiff). Many clerk’s offices are automated, so they can simply enter the name into their computer system to see whether or not there is even a case by that name. If there is a ‘hit’, try to determine whether or not this is your subject. Also, ask how large the file is. At that point it will be up to you whether or not you need to make the trip to the agency to view the file or whether or not you want them to make copies for you and mail them to you. Copies range from 10¢ to 50¢ per page.

Next have the Nanny sign a release of information form. Click here for an example. NOTE: This is just an example. You will probably want to tone it down a bit else you might scare away a good nanny. FYI: This for was taken from the Maryland State Private Investigator’s License Application Packet. This gives you an idea of the scrutiny many of us Private Eyes undergo.
 

Now you will have to verify all the information stated on the application. For the most part, this will entail making many telephone calls and doing a little leg work. There is no order in which you have to perform the research. However, if you find that your applicant has been convicted of a child abuse, you may opt to discontinue further investigation. So, below is a general guideline of the order in which to perform the background. Also, to save time, you will want to coincide various aspect of your research together if they apply. For example, most governments (including local governments), oftentimes locate all there offices in a single location. So you should plan to do your civil and criminal records searches at the same time, because the civil and criminal clerks office may be just across the hall from one another. Also, if you have more than one applicant you are researching, try to orchestrate the research so you are not going back to the same agency several times.

The single most important and most challenging aspect of this procedure is verifying whether or not the information you are viewing is about your applicant OR about someone else with the same name. What you have to do is simply play a little matching game with the information provided to you by your applicant. Try to find and match the following information: DOB, SSN, middle name or initial, addresses, telephone numbers, aliases, etc., from the information provided to you with the record you are viewing. If there is a positive match somewhere in your document, you have probably found a hit. If there is NO match, do not rule this record out until you can verify it. If there is a negative match, such as a VERY different SSN, DOB, etc., then you should rule that record out. The information has to be very different, meaning that you have to take into consideration Human Error. Examples: a police officer at 3AM writing a report on his fifth drunk driving case of the night, amongst other things, may very well spell the name Gonzalez like G-O-N-Z-A-L-E-S, or a clerk may enter a middle initial of ‘K.’ when she meant to enter in the letter ‘L.’, which is next to ‘K’ on the keyboard.
Tip:
“The information has to be very different, meaning that you have to take into consideration Human Error. Examples: a police officer at 3AM writing a report on his fifth drunk driving case of the night, amongst other things, may very well spell the name Gonzalez like G-O-N-Z-A-L-E-S, or a clerk may enter a middle initial of ‘K.’ when she meant to enter in the letter ‘L.’, which is next to K on the keyboard. ” by infoguys

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Background Investigation Techniques Part III   ( posted in Miami Florida )

With the importance of accuracy and verification permanently ingrained in you, you should now be ready to to do some investigating.

C O U R T R E C O R D S

You will want to search federal, state, and local court records.
Depending on your subject’s name and where you live , this may be the most confusing aspect of background investigation. Note that these records are open to the public and in no way should you be restricted from seeing them and you should not have to divulge why you are requesting to see the records.

FAQ: Can I get someone’s “rap sheet”? No! Only after a person has been convicted will the information become public. Why? The U.S. Constitution provides that we are innocent until proven guilty. If you were innocent and got arrested because of mistaken identity, would you allow those arrest records to be used in making a decision about your employability or reputation?

A little legal lesson: State courts in the U.S. have two ‘levels’: an upper court and a lower court. Depending on where you live, they may be referred to as Superior Court and Municipal Court, Circuit Court and District Court, or Supreme Court and Municipal Court, etc.. The ‘Upper Court” handles bigger matters and matters that originate within the County’s jurisdiction. The ‘Lower Courts’ handle cases that are smaller in nature and originate within a city’s corporate limits. The important thing to remember is that there are at least two courts that you will want to search. Oftentimes they are located in the same building, but are just down the hall from each other. Now each court has a number of divisions, a civil division and a criminal division, a traffic division and a small claims division, and possibly a family or domestic division. A criminal court handles all cases involving ‘crimes against the public’. Civil courts handle disputes between citizens, companies, and governments. Traffic court handles ‘ most’ traffic violations – MOST, meaning that serious traffic offense (repeated drunk driving, vehicular homicide) will be handled by another court’s criminal division.

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Here’s an example of some notes you might take:
Today’s Date: 11/13/97
Source: US District Court, Criminal Filings.
Range: 1/1/88 to present
Search Criteria:
Nanny, Sweet L.
Records found:
No records found

Records Found:
Nanny, S. – case# CR-123-96
Nanny, Sweet – case# CR-123-96

Then take notes on the case file:

Nature of case: Nanny was convicted for wire fraud involving unsuspecting family. Served 3 years in Federal Pen.
You will want to take as many notes as are appropriate here. You may also opt to have copies made.
 

Federal Courts will have civil and criminal files, AND bankruptcy filings. Bankruptcy filings may be a very important link in your background investigation. If your nanny is in financial trouble AND has a couple of law suits pending against previous employers, you may want to consider other nannies. Bankruptcy filings also have a wealth of other information: bank accounts, a list of creditors, and other persons involved – divorced spouses, etc.. Make sure you are thorough; check all sources.

RED FLAGS: 
You should take notice of the following situations if you encounter them, especially if you encounter more than one:
· Any Criminal Conviction
· Repeated suing
· Currently involved in a major law suite.
· Very high debts
· Bankruptcy
· Psychiatric Treatment
· Treatment for Alcoholism or Drug Abuse.
· Drunk driving convictions.
· Has estranged spouse
· Has lied about any information on an application
· Telephone numbers on applications are disconnected OR you cannot get in touch with employers, previous employers, references, etc.

NOTE: The above RED FLAGS are only guidelines. There are many possible reasons if your subjects falls under those. Please speak with them about it before your hire them. There may be a good excuse. Use your own best judgment.
 
 
In short, for each jurisdiction you plan to search, you will want to search approximately eight different indices. Indices? What in the !@#&\ is that? It’s plural for index. Courts, and most other public records, are stored on shelves and in boxes and each case or record has a file number and the names of the parties involved. An index is created to provide easy reference and access to these records. Click here for an example of an index.

The index or indices are located in the clerk’s office. When you go to a court, ask where the civil, criminal, or traffic clerk’s office is. Nowadays, a very large number of courts have indexed there cases and stored them on a computer data base. There are usually hard copies lying around, too. Oftentimes, the clerk will perform the search for you on their computer terminal. But be careful when someone else is doing the search: Clearly spell the name you want to search.

There will be at least several different indices for you to choose from. Since you are researching a name you will want to use the alphabetical index. There will most likely be several indexes, ‘A-L’ and ‘M-S’ and ‘T-Z’, or something like that. Choose the appropriate one that matches with your subject’s last name.

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Take copious notes! Paper is cheap. Use it. On each sheet of paper write a heading that shows the specific source of the info (Civil Court Records, etc.), the date you did the research, the range of dates of the records you searched, the records you found and if no records were found, note that. Do not try to combine subjects together OR try to combine sources together. This will get very confusing. If you are performing a background on just two persons, after a few hours you will know exactly what I mean. Take notes and take you time! 
 

IMPORTANT: Make sure you check the range of dates in the indices! Why? You might be wasting your time. If your nanny lived in Silverado, CA between 1995 and 1996 and you are viewing an index from 1990, most likely your nanny will not turn up, unless she has some other history there.

Simply search the indices for names that match your nanny’s name. Write the file numbers down and ask the clerk to pull those files for you. Once you receive the file(s), look for any identifying information in the file. Look for SSN, DOB, full name, middle name or initial, addresses, relatives, etc.. You should be able to verify pretty quickly whether or not the file you are viewing matches you nanny. If it doesn’t, move on. If it does, make copies, and make a decision. If the records shows that there is a positive ID on your nanny, and if the records shows a serious criminal or civil infraction, you will have to decide whether or not this can affect the nanny’s employment qualifications. This may be a legal matter, so please read the laws in your state regarding hiring. You may or may not be able to consider certain types of information in making an employment decision. You surely do not want to be sued.

IMPORTANT: You will want to search the courts in each of the jurisdictions that your applicant claimed to have lived for the last ten years. This could be as little as one and a many as ten or more. It all depends on how many addresses your applicant claimed on the application. You will want to be as thorough as possible.
C R E D I T H I S T O R Y

With your signed release of information you legally obtain credit reports. There are many sources for this. You can contact the major credit reporting agencies (TRW, Equifax, TransUnion), or you can contact information service providers. Please be aware that credit reports can be very difficult to read and interpret. Ask your info broker if they can guide you.

What can I find in a credit report?
You can find many things, including but limited to: Name of spouse, employer, previous addresses, bank accounts, credit card accounts and balances, mortgages, other loans and balances, defaults, judgments, liens, other aliases, other SSN’s used, other people who use the same SSN.

S C H O O L S

With your signed release of information you legally obtain scholastic records. This can take a while. You may just want to verify whether or not your nanny attended the schools she said she did.

M E D I C A L R E C O R D S

With your signed release of information you legally obtain medical records. Simply contact the institution that has your applicant’s records and ask what the procedure is for obtaining the records. Chances are you will have to go through a lot of red tape. You will most likely have submit a request in writing along with an original letter of release and your intentions for the use of the records. Depending on where you live and where the medical institution is located, you may not be able to receive an records at all.
R E F E R E N C E S

This part is easy, but not simple. You will have to contact all previous employers, references, relatives, etc.. Speak with them in a friendly and direct manner. Tell them why you are calling them and tell them you are simply verifying information stated on an application. Do not ask them for their opinion on the applicant! This may not be considered a legal method in your area. Instead, engage them in conversation. Say something flattering about the nanny – how cute she is or that she seems very caring, etc. Your reference will most likely respond with something truthful. Thank them for their time and go on. REMEMBER to take copious notes!

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” [When speaking with references] Do not ask them for their opinion of the applicant! This may not be considered a legal method in your area. Instead, engage them in conversation. Say something flattering about the nanny – how cute she is or that she seems very caring, etc. Your reference will most likely respond with something truthful. Thank them for their time and go on. REMEMBER to take copious notes!” 
 
P R O F E S S I O N A L L I C E N S E S

If your applicant has had another profession that required a license. Call the Secretary of State in your state to verify the existence of the license and whether or not there had been any complaints filed, whether or not the license is in good standing, etc.. You may also want to check the County’s FBN or DBA files. Huh? FBN is an abbreviation for Fictitious Business Name; DBA is an abbreviation for Doing Business As. It is a requirement in most jurisdictions that someone conducting a business under any name that there given name has to file that name with the county. NOTE: This my not be enforced in your community. The form usually lists all the interested parties and there addresses. Use this information to conduct the same kinds of investigations stated above. Contact the other parties, if you see fit.

D M V

Department of Motor Vehicles records can provide some very pertinent information, if you can get it. Many states’ DMV’s now restrict access to their records, and they also restrict what information they can provide to those who have legal access. Simply make a telephone call to your local DMV and ask what restrictions, if any, they have for public access to information.

If you are lucky you may be able to obtain your subjects driving record, list of all vehicles registered in their name, other names attached to their vehicle, social security number (some states use your SSN as a driver’s license number), correct address, insurance company, etc..

A LITTLE SURVEILLANCE NEVER HURTS

Before you go snooping around your applicant’s home, please read the laws in your state. This may be illegal. Drive by where the applicant lives and hang around for a while. See what goes on. Most likely you will get bored and go home. But you may see some valuable things going on. Pick a license plate or two; you may need it in the future. by infoguys

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