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The Asset Recovery is used to reveal the financial profile an individual or business. The Asset Recovery can be useful making a wide variety of business decisions. There are several level of asset recovery investigations, from a basic search of public records to very thorough "deep" asset investigations, which can reveal hidden assets such as offshore accounts. (If you are looking for asset searches in other areas, select Personal Asset Searches or Legal Asset Search.)

Get started by choosing a type of service from the Asset Recovery Options grid at the bottom of this page

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In business matters asset searches are used to determine the financial worthiness of a potential partner, also known as due diligence investigations. In business matters where there is a potential for legal action, they can be used to determine the ability of a party to pay if the law suit is successful. In instances where one party owes money to the other, they are used to collect a debt or judgment. This includes the collection of small claims judgments. In some cases in individual may have declared bankruptcy, yet there is a possibility that assets may have been sequestered.

Asset Recovery investigations are also useful as part of pre-employment screening for executives and management personnel. They are also useful in matters of loss prevention and uncovering employee theft and fraud. Employees living beyond their means can be a major red flag in such matters. Asset investigation are also used in researching the competition in new and existing markets.

We often tell business clients that discovering assets is an art not a science. This is especially true of the more thorough investigations in cases where assets are deliberately being shielded and hidden. In these instances you need the skills of seasoned professions whose knowledge of the ways such assets are hidden enable them produce positive results on your project.

Tristar Investigation offers a wide variety of Asset Recovery investigations. The table below spells out each level of investigation we offer. Note that each successive level includes all the previous levels of investigation, plus those listed in the section. For a free consultation or to get started right away on your project, call us for service throughout California and the US at (800) 487-0947 or e-mail us at info@tristarpi.com . You can also order your investigation by going to our online order page or downloading our fax form.

For more information on discovering business related assets, click here to see Tristar Investigation founder Bruce Robertson's article entitled "Assets, Assets, Assets..." Everything You Ever Wanted To Know and Some Things You Weren't Aware You Could Know." Note that the last category on the chart below describes the Background / Asset Search Combination. Choose this search if you want to know about a person's background, such as marital status and possible criminal history as well as their assets.

Asset Recovery Options

Search Level	Description	Cost
Level One (Available only in California)	Basic asset profile. Due diligence for assets when policy limits are offered. (Also known as the CYR - cover-your-rear search) Includes name and Social Security number verification Includes real property search by name and address Includes DMV search for vehicles owned Includes fictitious business (DBAs), corporate president and agent for service searches, Uniform Commercial Code filings, Superior civil court cases, etc. (For business, add $75 for Business Profile)	Fixed Fee - $250*
Level Two	Includes all Level One searches Includes statewide bankruptcies, judgments - with dates and amounts, evictions, foreclosures and tax liens Includes real property equity assessment, including all trust deeds and current market value Includes limited partnerships, statewide professional licenses, Board of Equalization, aircraft, watercraft, pilot licenses Includes Social Security fraud scan for aliases, false Social Security numbers and names of relatives Unique address history scan searches for asset related data	Fixed Fee - $485*
Level Three	Includes all Level One and Level Two searches Includes research for financial institution affiliations Includes one affiliation - $450 for each additional affiliation	Fixed Fee* $ 950
Level Four	Includes all above searches Includes nationwide research for financial institution affiliations, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and safe deposit boxes Includes source of income search	Fixed Fee $ 1,850
Level Five	Includes all above searches Includes search for offshore assets Includes extended county searches, transferred properties, concealed assets and confidential sources. Also includes search for assets held by spouses, family members, business associates, and AKA's	Average Cost $ 3,000 and up
Background & Asset Combination
Background & Asset Combination	Combines Level Two Asset and Level Two Background Searches A complete wide-ranging profile of your subject Asset portion gives a broad asset profile to gauge net worth; including real property, vehicles, business affiliations and ownership, liabilities, bankruptcies, etc Background portion gives personal profile, including criminal research, (felonies and misdemeanors), civil cases, divorces, driver record, age confirmation, aliases, relatives, address history and false Social Security numbers Often used for business due diligence, prenuptial, dating and executive pre-employment Save over $100 compared to individual prices	Fixed Fee $950*