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Insight Investigative Group, LLC is a licensed Florida private investigative agency, agency license A3400127, working Tampa and Hillsborough County. Surveillance is $1,000 per day flat, including the drive, and background investigations start at $175.
Tampa is a different jurisdiction, and it changes the work
Hillsborough County sits in Florida’s Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, separate from the Twelfth that covers Manatee and Sarasota. Different clerk, different filing systems, different retrieval times. An investigator who works only the Suncoast and treats Hillsborough as an extension of it will get record timelines wrong.
Operationally Tampa is easier than the barrier islands and harder than suburban Manatee. Traffic density gives good cover, but it also means losing a subject at a light is a real risk, and the interstate corridors mean a routine commute can cross three jurisdictions before lunch.
What we work in Tampa
Workers compensation and insurance claim surveillance for carriers, third party administrators and defence counsel, which is the bulk of our Hillsborough work. Corporate matters including employee misconduct, moonlighting and diligence on partners and acquisition targets. Background investigations for attorneys and businesses. Asset searches. TSCM sweeps for corporate offices and vehicles used by principals.
Claims work in a high volume venue
Hillsborough generates a lot of claims and a lot of litigation, and carriers working it are usually deciding whether a file justifies an assignment at all. We will give you that assessment before the assignment opens, including when the answer is that surveillance is unlikely to produce anything useful on this particular claimant.
Reports are structured to be read alongside the medical restrictions in the file, because the question is almost never whether someone left the house.
Where we work in the county
Tampa and downtown, Ybor City, Hyde Park, South Tampa, Westshore, Carrollwood, Temple Terrace, Brandon, Riverview, Plant City, Lutz and the Gibsonton and Apollo Beach corridor. Thirteenth Circuit filings sit with the Hillsborough County Clerk of Court.
What it costs
Surveillance $1,000 per day flat with unlimited mileage and travel included, so the drive from Bradenton is not on your invoice. Background investigations $175, $600 or $1,200 by depth, rush $400. Bug sweeps $1.50 per square foot with a $500 minimum. Locates from $100.
Tampa investigator questions, answered
How much does a private investigator cost in Tampa?
Surveillance is $1,000 per day flat, and unlimited mileage and travel are included, so the drive from our Bradenton office is not charged to you. Background investigations are $175, $600 or $1,200 depending on depth, with rush handling at $400. Locates start at $100.
Do you charge travel from Bradenton to Tampa?
No. Surveillance packages include unlimited mileage and travel. On other services mileage is $0.60 per mile and only where travel is genuinely required for the case, and we tell you before it is incurred.
Which court covers Tampa?
Tampa is in Hillsborough County, which sits in Florida’s Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. That is a different circuit from Manatee and Sarasota, with its own clerk and its own filing and retrieval timelines, which affects how quickly court records can be pulled.
Do you handle workers compensation surveillance for carriers?
Yes, and it is the bulk of our Hillsborough County work. Activity checks and sustained surveillance, AOE and COE investigations, recorded statements, scene documentation and prior claim history. Reports are written to be read alongside the medical restrictions in the file.
Can you cover a subject who commutes between counties?
Yes, and it is common in this corridor. Surveillance includes unlimited mileage, so a subject who lives in Hillsborough and works in Manatee does not change the price. Crossing jurisdictions changes the planning, not the invoice.
Ask an investigator
Hillsborough County assignments carry no travel surcharge. Confidential case review for carriers, counsel and businesses.
Call and a licensed investigator answers, day or night, including weekends. Written enquiries are answered within 48 hours.