Internet Legal Research: How To Be Your Own Private Investigator Using Pay Investigative Research Databases

Originally presented:  August 2, 2019     |     Course length:  1.0 hour

When you can’t find the investigative or background research information you need for free on the Internet, or if searching site-by-site and/or jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction is not worth your time, consider subscribing to the same pay investigative research database that private investigators and law enforcement subscribe to. These databases collect information not only from public record and "publicly available" sources from as many jurisdictions as possible, but also from "credit headers" and other proprietary sources. The information is then integrated into one large searchable relational database, with results that practically create a dossier about your subject for you.

We will illustrate how to use these types of databases using one (TLOxp) as our example (but the seminar will be useful even if you subscribe to or are evaluating another investigative research database such as Accurint, PeopleMap, or CLEAR). We will also discuss what federal and states laws come into play when you apply to get certified to use these databases.

• What’s available at TLOxp and what’s not…and what’s the cost?
  
• Find out how to get certified to use TLOxp
  
• Learn to find missing people, even when you don’t know their last name
  
• Discover reverse searching (by phone number, address, email address, full or partial Social Security Numbers, and more)
  
• Uncover relationships
  
• Get business background reports
  
• Find assets, from real property ownership (and who holds the mortgages) to planes, boats, and automobiles
  
• Create dossiers about people, from criminal records and bankruptcies, to domain names, social media profiles, and much more
  

– Carole Levitt, Esq.; Internet for Lawyers
– Mark Rosch; Internet for Lawyers