Handing papers over to another individual sounds easy enough. However, add in legal sensitive documents and the need for investigative services, the process isn't as simple as it sounds. For this reason, hiring a private investigator can ensure the documents are delivered effectively and legally. Read this article to learn more about why you should hire a private investigator to serve papers. 

Experience In The Process

The process of serving papers can be complicated, especially for individuals without experience. Private Investigators have extensive knowledge and training to obtain the right information and ensure the process goes smoothly and legally. Additionally, in some cases, people don’t easily allow themselves to be served legal documents. Therefore, when dealing with difficult people or one’s that are difficult to track down a private investigator can help. The following are just a few of the ways a private investigator can make the process more effective:

• Use the proper surveillance techniques to find difficult to locate people.
• They have the ability and knowledge to utilize skip tracing in the event of the person leaving town or even leaving the country.
• Knows to contain proof the documents have been served to the right person. This is important if the individual tries to claim they never received any legal documentation.
• Most importantly, ensures the process and the documents are served legally. If your papers are not delivered properly, you’ll have issues with the case and ultimately lead to it being thrown out.

Safety Is Of The Utmost Importance

As said before, there will be people who are angry and make the serving process challenging. Although this isn't a common situation, there are cases of the individual, who is being served, becoming violent. Private Investigators not only have experience locating people and documents, but also have the needed training of dealing with violent or difficult people. To ensure your safety, it's strategic to hire a private investigator to serve legal papers. 

Ability To Track Down The Right People

Firstly, private investigators have the skill set to find even the most hidden individual. Even the tiniest details will usually be enough information to locate the individual, research their habits and serve the papers in the most effective way.

Consider this: what if the person you are attempting to serve has moved away or the cell phone number has been disconnected? Without having the basic information, locating an individual may seem like a herculean task. A private investigator can use individual location data bases, which aren't typically available to the general public. Furthermore, a private investigators have the needed expertise and resources to use surveillance skills to keep track of routines and analyze the most appropriate way to approach them. 

USI Security | Private Investigative Services 

USI’s Investigations and Consulting Services is built on discretion, integrity and professionalism to ensure that every case, large or small, is handled accurately and timely. We provide cost-effective, efficient investigative services for a diverse range of clients including law firms, corporations, insurance companies, small businesses, government entities and individuals.

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• Attorney’s Services
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