Skip Tracing

Skip Tracing:

Skip tracing is a technique employed by different creditors and debt collection bureaus to trace bad debtors, who have fled the town to avoid the debt payment. Thus, skip tracing is the only solution to locate absconding debtors and to recover the debt amount from them.

Other people, who vanish likewise, are missing heirs, witnesses, asset holders or individuals who want to escape from legal liabilities. These people may abscond knowingly or unknowingly leaving a trial behind them.

People who locate such absconders are skilled professionals and are called as skip tracers. Skip tracing agencies work same as detective services. They gather all the information about the missing persons and find them eventually.

Collecting Information:

If creditors want to locate such missing people, who owe them their debt can hire a professional skip tracer. To start with, these skip tracers first find out the time lapsed and study their last conversation.

They gather past information of absconding people. The information has to be correct and relevant. They then collect identity details such as debtor’s address detail, entire name, and date of birth, SSN (Social Security number), spouse’s name, and occupation.

Next, skip tracers collect all relevant information related to occupation of that particular individual’s such as employment details, educational details, and other certifications. They congregate identity documentation details such as passport, bank account report, credit report, and driving license.

After gathering these details, skip tracers verify their existing records. Many collection agencies verify these details for authenticity. They explore these details, which lead them to acquire new information about the absconding debtor.

Skip tracing agencies then utilize certain mining methods such as they track debtor’s credit card and ATM card transactions, verify criminal records, tax  and voter records, make insurance inquires, and obtain notice from the revenue department. Other techniques, which these agencies employ, are checking email directories, searching public records and using the online search engines.

Creditors can approach better business bureaus or credit bureaus to get more information about the missing debtors. These delegacies maintain their credit history and other demographic information. Thus, skip tracers make use of all these information to locate such absconding debtors.

Remember:

Laws in majority of states in the U.S prohibit people from interpreting themselves as detectives. Thus, only licensed persons are entitled to investigate and locate the missing debtors. 

Thus, individuals need to be acquainted with state laws in which they reside, regarding debt recovery. Thus, skip tracing is only ultimate solution, if creditors want their due back from missing debtors. In addition, people can acquire more information from www.onlinejudgmentcollection.com.

Lance Casey from Cal-State Financial is a Judgment Recovery Specialist.