Skip Tracing

Skiptracing?

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Basics for a Skiptracer

A skiptracer is a person who is a master in the art of locating an absconding person. Whereas, the term, skip can be defined as a person who had left an area for some reason. One thing in common about all the skips is that they leave either verbal or paper trails or even both. The reasons for a person to skip a place can be many. The major reasons can be marriage, revenge, divorce, debts, boredom, amnesia, rebellion, frustration, adventure, or legal problems.

Classifications

Skips can be mainly classified onto four categories. The first and foremost category is the unintentional skips. The person falling under this category may not be hiding intentionally but he/she may be keeping secrecy in the location. Intentional skip is the second category. This category consists of people who are intentionally hiding.

Third category is the marital skips. People facing the stress and trauma of divorce can be the ones in this category. The last but most important category is the criminal skips. The category consists of persons who have gone absconding because of the fear of legal enforcement.

How to proceed?

The first and most important step for locating skips is to analyze all the currently available information on the skip including the in-house records. Then you must prepare profile sheets. Following the preparation of profile sheets, a search must be undertaken for the available information on the person. This can be completed the database searches, public records searches, Internet sites and government records.

You must understand the basics of skip race for conducting the search effectively. The basic things to look for are criss-cross directories, telephone directory information and the directory assistance available for new listings.

A good skip tracer must maintain a flow chart so that you can keep a track on the searches, information and leads. This will help you, if you are a skiptracer to be in the right track and prevent going aimlessly. You can also go for an activity log so that it can used for legal purposes to. This will drastically increase the chances for your documentation to go unchallenged.

After searching all the public and database sources, you can go for interviewing the family, friends, enemies and employers. This can give you some great leads on the present whereabouts of the skip.

Any good investigation for the skips must start with a research on the public records. You must go through all the public records including telephone books, records, listings, cross-reference books, postal records, public records etc.

Voter registration, birth, marriage and death records, fictitious business files, real property records, partnership and corporate filings, medical, church and dental records, union records and credit history records must be searched so that you get some relevant data about the missing person.

You can also search the records of law enforcement agencies and state licensing boards. The federal criminal records must also be searched. Conducting a routine employment and neighborhood investigations can also help you greatly. Going through the court records is also a good idea. Anyways a skiptracer who follows the basics has a greater possibility of succeeding.