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Insight Investigative Group, LLC is a licensed Florida private investigative agency, agency license A3400127, conducting public record asset research across Bradenton, Sarasota, Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater and nationwide. Asset research is available at a fixed $1,200 as the Premium tier of our background investigations, or scoped per subject.
Finding what someone owns is a records exercise, not a hacking one, and the difference is the entire service.
What does an asset search cover?
Real property holdings nationwide, with recorded mortgages and estimated equity. Business entity ownership and officer roles through Sunbiz and equivalent registries in other states. UCC filings. Recorded liens, judgments and encumbrances. Vessel and aircraft registration. Vehicle ownership. Bankruptcy filings and civil judgment history.
The result is a documented, sourced picture of recorded holdings, assembled into a position rather than delivered as a list.
Why is it harder than a database lookup?
Because people do not hold property in their own names. Title sits in an LLC, a trust, a spouse’s name, or an entity registered in another state, and connecting those back to a person is where the actual work lives. A search that returns nothing usually means the searcher stopped at the first layer.
What an asset search will not include, and why
We do not obtain bank balances or account records. We do not obtain brokerage or retirement account holdings. We do not obtain credit reports. We do not obtain the contents of a safe deposit box.
Those are protected by federal law, and obtaining financial records under false pretenses is a federal crime under the Gramm Leach Bliley Act. Reaching them lawfully requires a subpoena or court order, which means it requires a case and a judge.
Any service that offers you bank balances is either lying or committing a crime on your behalf, and the exposure lands on the person who paid for it.
Who orders an asset search?
Attorneys evaluating whether a defendant is worth suing before filing. Judgment creditors deciding whether collection is realistic. Parties in divorce and equitable distribution. Businesses running diligence on a partner or acquisition target. Estates and probate matters tracing holdings.
What do you receive, and what does it cost?
A written report with every holding cited to the record it came from, so your attorney can pull the same document. Asset research is available as the Premium tier of our background investigations at a fixed $1,200, which bundles it with records and social media analysis. Standalone or unusually complex searches are scoped and quoted in writing before any work begins.
Asset search questions, answered
Can a private investigator find someone’s bank accounts?
No. Bank balances and account records are protected by federal law, and obtaining financial records under false pretenses is a crime under the Gramm Leach Bliley Act. Lawful access requires a subpoena or court order. Any firm offering bank balances is either lying or committing an offence that the client who paid for it is exposed to.
What can a public record asset search actually find?
Real property nationwide with recorded mortgages and estimated equity, business entity ownership and officer roles, UCC filings, recorded liens and judgments, vessel and aircraft registration, vehicle ownership, and bankruptcy and civil judgment history. Everything is cited to the record it came from.
How much does an asset search cost in Florida?
Insight Investigative Group includes public record asset research in the Premium background investigation at a fixed $1,200. Standalone or complex multi-entity searches are scoped and quoted in writing before any work begins.
Can you find assets held in an LLC or a trust?
Often, yes. Entity records, officer and registered agent filings, property records and UCC filings frequently connect an entity back to an individual. That connection work is the real substance of an asset search, and it is why a database printout and an investigation are not the same product.
Is an asset search useful before filing a lawsuit?
It is one of the most useful things you can do before filing. Establishing whether a defendant has recorded holdings worth pursuing tells you whether a judgment would be collectable, which is a different question from whether you would win.
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