Background Checks
Asset Search
A nationwide search of what a person or a business actually owns - real property, vehicles, entities, filings and recorded interests - built for collecting on a judgment or valuing a dispute.
- #1 Private Investigator in Texas
- Twenty-five years of experience
- Marine veteran owned
- Statewide Texas coverage
- Free confidential consultation
What this is
Asset Search, in plain terms.
An asset search answers a practical question: if you win, is there anything to collect. A judgment against somebody with nothing of record is an expensive piece of paper, and the time to find that out is before the litigation, not after it.
The work is records, and it is done nationally rather than locally, because assets move. Property in another county. A vehicle titled to a company. An entity formed in a different state with somebody else’s name on the paperwork. None of that is hidden exactly - it is simply recorded in twelve places nobody thinks to look.
The work
What actually gets done.
- Search real property records nationwide, including transfers and conveyances.
- Search registered vehicles, vessels and aircraft of record.
- Identify business entities, officer and registered-agent roles and assumed names.
- Search UCC filings, judgments, liens and bankruptcies.
- Trace recent transfers that moved an asset out of reach.
- Map what is held directly against what is held through an entity or another person.
Background Checks
Searched where the records actually live.
County by county, court by court, agency by agency. The report says which jurisdictions were covered and which were not, because a search without its scope stated is not a search.
What you get
At the end of it.
- A written asset report with the source record behind each entry.
- A view of what is realistically collectible versus what merely exists.
- The supporting documents.
- A practical opinion on whether pursuing it is worth the cost.
When people call
The three situations we hear most.
You are holding a judgment
The judgment was the easy part. Finding something to satisfy it is the work.
You are deciding whether to sue
Knowing what is there changes whether the case is worth filing at all.
A financial disclosure looks light
In a divorce or a dissolution, what is disclosed and what is recorded are sometimes different documents.
Questions
About this service.
Can you tell me what is in their bank account?
No. Account balances and transactions are protected, and obtaining them by pretext is a federal crime. An asset search works from public and lawfully available records, which is also what a court will be looking at when it comes to enforcement.
What if the assets are in somebody else’s name?
That is frequently the point of the search. Transfers, entity ownership and nominee arrangements are recorded somewhere, and the pattern of a recent transfer is itself information.
Do you search outside Texas?
Yes. Asset searches are run nationally as standard, because people do not keep their property where they live.
Is the first conversation really free?
Yes, and it is confidential. You describe the situation, we tell you whether an investigation is likely to help, roughly what it would involve and what it would cost. There is no charge for that call and no obligation at the end of it.
More in this area
Other services in Background Checks.
Where we work
Four metros, and the rest of Texas.
Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio are where most cases start. Coverage runs to the whole state, and records and asset work is run nationally.
Free consultation
Tell us what is going on. The first call is free.
Describe the situation and we will tell you honestly whether an investigation would help, what it would involve and what it would cost. Confidential, no obligation, and no charge for the conversation.