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 & How to
Investigate website. He wrote "SECRETS OF TOP PRIVATE EYES" a private
investigators training course.
