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- From: neves@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu.ils.nwu.edu (David &)
- Subject: Re: How does a PI locate somebody?
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- I once asked a similar question and got the following from a former
- (since passed away) net guru. In memory of him:
-
- From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal
- Subject: Re: finding someones home address?
- Summary: A few simple suggestions
- Keywords: locating address
- Date: 25 Jun 91 04:08:55 GMT
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- In article <2236@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> neves@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (David Neves) writes:
- >I need to find some home addresses so that a summons can be issued.
- >They are not in the phone book so how would I do this? I know the
- >county they live in. One of the individuals owns a business. The
- >other individual might have a different name because of a recent
- >divorce.
-
- The following are some simple suggestions that are applicable to
- New York State, and should be applicable in most, if not all other states.
- Bear in mind that you are going to have to do some legwork here...
-
- 1. If you know the name of the business, and it is a d/b/a or
- partnership, you can identify the owners if you examine the
- business certificate records at the county clerk's office.
- Of course, if the business has been around for a while and
- the owner has moved to a new address, you may have a problem;
- however, the old address may offer a starting point to locate
- a current address.
-
- 2. If you know the name of the business, and it is a corporation,
- checking with the Secretary of State of your state may reveal
- an address for the incorporator and/or address for service of
- process. While such names and addresses are often those of a
- law firm, in many cases they may be the residence address of
- a principal of the corporation.
-
- 3. If the person owns real property, you can visit the county
- clerk's office and perform a name search for "grantee" (a
- purchaser of real property), "grantor" (a seller of real
- property) and/or a "mortgagor" (one who obtains a mortgage
- on real property).
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- 4. If the person owns real property, but they do not currently
- reside at such location, you may find an address by checking
- with the village, city, town and/or county tax collector
- and/or assesor's office. Such address would be where the tax
- bills are sent. You generally need a property address to start
- with first.
-
- 5. Visit your county board of elections. Voter registration
- forms are generally a matter of complete public record
- (although you may have to *insist* a bit...), and often
- contain information such as date of birth and, yes,
- social security number.
-
- 6. A judgment of divorce is a matter of public record with
- respect to name and address of parties, although the terms
- are often not a matter of public record. Check your county
- clerk's office
-
- 7. Check for judgments in the judgment docket of city court,
- county court and supreme (or superior) court.
-
- 8. Check for other court proceedings that have progressed to
- the point of getting an index (i.e., case) number. There
- is usually a department called "Actions and Proceedings"
- or an equivalent name associated with every court. Note
- that this is *not* the same as a judgment docket search.
-
- 9. Try the state department of motor vehicles, which can conduct
- a search of driver's license and vehicle registration data
- based upon name only. Such information is a matter of public
- record, although motor vehicle departments tend to "discourage"
- such searches. A fee is usually required for such a search,
- and the results are usually reported by mail - so it can take
- a while - even though a law enforcement agency can usually
- conduct such a search online in a matter of minutes.
-
- 10. Check records in surrogate court if you have reason to believe
- that the subject person is an heir to and/or executor of an
- estate.
-
- There are numerous other methods, but the above are all based
- upon information to which the public has right of full access, and no
- "subterfuge" or ruse is required.
-
- Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp. "Have you hugged your cat today?"
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