Difficult Process Serving

Some people are easy to find.

Others are not.

When a person cannot be located, has moved without leaving a forwarding address, changes residences, avoids contact, or appears to be deliberately evading service, a routine process server may not be enough.

DBM Private Investigator, LLC specializes in difficult process serving and investigative locating for individuals who are hard to find or difficult to serve.

Our focus is not simply delivering documents.

Our focus is finding the person who needs to be served and pursuing lawful service.

With more than 25 years of investigative experience, including federal investigative experience and experience involving fugitive apprehension, DBM brings an investigative approach to difficult service assignments.

Many process servers are equipped to handle routine service at a known residential or business address.

Difficult serves can require substantially more investigative work.

DBM can combine professional process serving with investigative locating resources to develop leads when a subject cannot be found through ordinary methods.

Depending on the assignment, investigative efforts may include:

• Current and previous address research
• Residential location research
• Employment and business information
• Property ownership research
• Business affiliations
• Known associates and connections
• Public-record research
• Skip tracing
• Other lawful investigative leads

The objective is to develop reliable location information and pursue lawful service.

DBM is particularly experienced with assignments involving individuals who are:

• Difficult to locate
• Frequently moving
• No longer at their last known address
• Avoiding contact
• Using outdated addresses
• Difficult to identify
• Connected to multiple residences or businesses
• Attempting to avoid being found
• Located outside the client's immediate area

When an assignment requires more than simply visiting an address, DBM approaches the matter as an investigative locate and service assignment.

One of the biggest challenges in difficult process serving is repeatedly attempting service at an address that is no longer valid.

DBM can conduct investigative research to develop additional location information before making further attempts.

Depending on the circumstances, the investigation may identify:

• A more current residence
• A workplace
• A business connection
• Property ownership
• Vehicle-related investigative leads
• Associates or other connections
• Other information that may assist in locating the subject

This investigative approach can reduce wasted attempts and provide attorneys and clients with a more informed strategy for pursuing service.

DBM's investigative background is particularly relevant when a subject is difficult to locate.

With more than 25 years of investigative experience, including federal investigative experience and experience involving fugitive apprehension, DBM understands the investigative process involved in locating individuals who do not want to be easily found.

This experience does not mean DBM acts as law enforcement or possesses law-enforcement authority.

It means DBM brings extensive investigative experience to assignments involving difficult-to-locate individuals.

DBM uses a flat-fee structure for difficult and investigative process-serving assignments.

These assignments are different from routine process service. When a subject cannot be located or appears to be avoiding service, the work may require substantially more investigative time, locating research, advanced investigative resources, multiple attempts, and continued follow-up.

Our flat fee reflects the scope and level of investigative work required—not simply the delivery of documents.

Clients and attorneys know the anticipated fee before the assignment begins rather than accumulating unpredictable hourly charges as the investigation progresses.

For difficult serves, the client is retaining DBM for the investigative effort required to locate the individual and pursue lawful service, not simply for an attempt at a known address.

A routine process server may be able to complete service with one or two attempts at a confirmed address.

A difficult serve can require a substantially different level of work.

DBM may need to:

• Research current and historical addresses
• Develop additional location leads
• Research employment and business connections
• Analyze property and public-record information
• Conduct investigative locating
• Conduct surveillance when appropriate and lawful
• Make multiple service attempts
• Reassess investigative leads
• Conduct continued follow-up within the agreed scope

The flat fee reflects this additional investigative effort.

If someone is easy to find, routine process service may be appropriate. If someone cannot be found, the assignment becomes an investigation.

That is where DBM provides a different level of service.

DBM works with attorneys and law firms that need more than a routine process-service attempt.

We can assist with difficult service involving:

• Summons and complaints
• Subpoenas
• Notices
• Civil litigation documents
• Family-law documents
• Business litigation
• Asset-related litigation
• Probate and estate matters
• Judgment-related matters
• Other documents requiring lawful service

Attorneys can provide the information available concerning the subject, and DBM can evaluate the assignment and determine the appropriate investigative approach.

DBM documents investigative and service activity clearly.

Depending on the assignment, reporting may include:

• Dates and times of attempts
• Locations visited
• Investigative leads developed
• Observations
• Service attempts
• Subject identification information
• Photographs or other documentation when appropriate
• Final service status

Clear documentation can be particularly important when multiple attempts have been made or when counsel needs a detailed record of the efforts undertaken.

Process serving and skip tracing can work together when a subject cannot be located.

DBM can conduct investigative locating efforts to develop current address information or other actionable location leads before attempting service.

This can be particularly valuable when:

• The last known address is several years old
• The subject has moved
• Conventional searches have failed
• The subject has multiple known addresses
• The subject has business or property connections
• The subject appears to be avoiding service

DBM Private Investigator, LLC is based in Irvine and provides difficult process-serving and investigative locating services throughout California, including:

Irvine
Newport Beach
Orange County
Los Angeles
San Diego
La Jolla
And surrounding California communities

When appropriate, DBM can also coordinate investigative locating and process-serving assignments outside California.

More than 25 years of investigative experience, including federal investigative experience.

Experience involving the investigative locating of individuals who were difficult to find.

Professional investigative resources that go beyond a basic internet search or standard address database.

When a routine process server cannot locate someone, DBM can approach the assignment as an investigative problem.

The client knows the agreed fee before the assignment begins, based on the anticipated scope and difficulty of the investigation.

DBM works with attorneys, law firms, businesses, and private clients requiring difficult process-serving assistance.

Your information is kept strictly confidential and is never shared with third parties.

A routine process serve may require a simple attempt at a known address.

A difficult serve may require research, locating, surveillance, multiple attempts, and continued investigative work.

That's where DBM provides a different level of service.

If someone cannot be found, DBM can approach the assignment as an investigation—not simply another address to knock on.

DBM Private Investigator, LLC

Difficult Process Serving & Investigative Locating

949-422-5617
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