If you are considering a business relationship, you need to learn
everything you can about the business in question. And you certainly need
to learn everything you can about the people who own and operate the
business.
Learn pertinent details about the principals, including their assets, by
conducting a thorough Background Check on owners and top management, which
should include criminal searches, civil searches for lawsuits, legal
actions, and derogatory credit report entries, like liens, bankruptcies,
and judgments.
Tap the national databases to compile an in-depth Report for business and
personal assets information. Check professional licenses. Search county
records for tax liens, judgments, and complaints.
You need to check all available records pertaining to a business, and
conduct a Business Credit Report to ascertain its creditworthiness; its
standing in the local, state, and national business communities.
You do not need to know the names of business owners to conduct a Business
Background Search - along with the all-important Business Credit Report -
which will identify owners.
Identify bank and financial accounts through UCC filings and other
searches. Often, the name of the bank or lending institution that provided
the financing for business loans will be discovered.
Business
Associations & Professional Information
Business
Search
Business Credit Report
Partnerships & Corporate
Affiliations
Company Name Search
FEIN Search
Legal Actions
UCC Filings
Professional License
Check
out businesses and service providers. Ask: “Can I trust these people?” and
“What do we know about this company?” Consider potential risks: contractors
take deposits and then never do the job; crooks who defraud investors out
of millions of dollars. Make sure a company - and especially the people who
run it - are reputable, and that their image is not marred by liens,
judgments, bankruptcy or civil actions.
Personal Information and Identity Verification
Identity
Verification. Important database search proves or disproves identity;
discovers or confirms "identifiers" like DOB, SSN, and addresses.
Identity Verification. Important
database searches prove or disprove identity; discovers or confirms
"identifiers" like DOB, SSN, and addresses reported on credit
applications
Also Know As (aka's).
Discover other names associated with subject's Social Security Number
(SSN). Search and Verification. Has your subject used other Social Security
numbers in the past? This could be a cause for concern.
Others Associated with Subject's
SSN
Current and Previous Addresses.
Database returns periods of occupancy
Names of Persons at each address
subject have resided. May include spouses, family members, roommates, and
live-in lovers
Phone Summary
Subject's Residence' Property
Owners
Possible Properties Owned by
Subject
Possible Associates
Possible Relatives
Possible Neighbors
Possible Neighbors
National Death Index
Financial Information
Nationwide
Property Ownership Records
Deed Transfers
Motor Vehicles Registered. May
also include vehicles owned by others living at the subject's address
Boats Ownership
Aircraft Ownership
Civil Court Records
Evictions
Search
Lawsuits
Judgments
Liens
Bankruptcies – Search nationally
search by name
Federal Civil and Criminal Courts
Search - Search all federal courts, all regions
Criminal Records
Nationwide
Criminal Record Search (DOC) This is the national convicts and felons
database
Sexual Offender Search: State's
lists of sexual offenders
OFAC Database: The Office of
Foreign Assets Control. Lists criminals and terrorists around the world.
Joe Hoover is CEO of Investigative Professionals, Background Checks USA & the
How to Investigate websites. He wrote, along with his partner, Anni Adkins,
"SECRETS OF TOP PRIVATE EYES" a private investigators training
course.
