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Insight Investigative Group, LLC is a licensed Florida private investigative agency, agency license A3400127, working Sarasota County from our office in neighbouring Bradenton, twenty minutes up the Tamiami Trail. Surveillance is $1,000 per day and background investigations start at $175.
Sarasota County is a different investigative environment
Sarasota shares the Twelfth Judicial Circuit with Manatee and DeSoto counties, so the court structure is familiar, but the case mix is not. There is more wealth here, which means more asset work, more equitable distribution in divorce, more probate and estate disputes, and more corporate and partnership matters than a comparable population elsewhere would generate.
It also means more assets held through entities. Title sitting in an LLC, a trust or a spouse’s name is normal here rather than exceptional, and an asset search that stops at the first layer of records will report that someone owns nothing when they own a great deal.
What we work in Sarasota
Asset searches and net worth research for attorneys, judgment creditors and parties in equitable distribution. Domestic matters including cohabitation investigations for alimony modification, which is common in a county with a large retired and remarried population. Insurance and workers compensation surveillance. Background investigations. TSCM sweeps for homes, offices and vehicles. Corporate and partnership due diligence.
Surveillance on the keys and the mainland
Siesta Key, Lido Key and Longboat Key are among the harder places in this region to conduct surveillance well. Access is limited, the roads are few, traffic on and off the keys is a chokepoint, and an unfamiliar vehicle sitting for hours in a residential street is noticed quickly. Assignments there need planning rather than hours, which is how we approach them.
The mainland is more forgiving. Downtown Sarasota, Gulf Gate, Fruitville, Bee Ridge and the Palmer Ranch corridor all offer normal working conditions.
Where we work in the county
Sarasota and downtown, Siesta Key, Lido Key, Longboat Key, Osprey, Nokomis, Venice, Englewood, North Port, Laurel and the Palmer Ranch corridor. Twelfth Circuit filings sit with the Sarasota County Clerk of the Circuit Court.
What it costs
Surveillance $1,000 per day flat, including unlimited mileage and travel, so a Sarasota assignment costs the same as a Bradenton one. Background investigations $175, $600 or $1,200 by depth, with public record asset research included at the $1,200 tier. Bug sweeps $1.50 per square foot with a $500 minimum. Locates from $100.
Sarasota investigator questions, answered
How much does a private investigator cost in Sarasota?
Surveillance is $1,000 per day flat including unlimited mileage and travel, so a Sarasota County assignment costs the same as one in Bradenton. Background investigations are $175, $600 or $1,200 depending on depth, and public record asset research is included at the $1,200 tier. Locates start at $100.
Can you trace assets held in an LLC or trust?
Frequently, yes, and in Sarasota County it is the normal situation rather than the exception. Entity filings, officer and registered agent records, property records and UCC filings often connect an entity back to an individual. That connection work is the substance of an asset search.
What is a cohabitation investigation?
It documents whether a former spouse receiving alimony is in a supportive relationship, which under section 61.14 of the Florida Statutes can support modification or termination. It requires a documented pattern over time, not a single observation, and it is one of the more common engagements in Sarasota County.
Which court covers Sarasota County?
Sarasota County sits in Florida’s Twelfth Judicial Circuit, alongside Manatee and DeSoto counties. Circuit and county filings are held by the Sarasota County Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Do you charge extra to travel to Sarasota?
No. Surveillance includes unlimited mileage and travel. On other services mileage is $0.60 per mile only where travel is genuinely required, and we tell you before it is incurred.
Ask an investigator
Sarasota County assignments carry no travel surcharge. Consultations are confidential.
Call and a licensed investigator answers, day or night, including weekends. Written enquiries are answered within 48 hours.