Private Investigator Services

JusVox connects attorneys, law firms, insurance companies, businesses, government agencies, private individuals, and legal professionals with private investigators and investigative specialists across the United States. Find investigators by location, specialty, experience, availability, case type, investigative service, and area of expertise.

What Is a Private Investigator?

A private investigator is a professional hired to conduct lawful investigations and gather information for individuals, attorneys, businesses, insurance companies, and other organizations.

Private investigators may specialize in a particular type of investigation or serve multiple investigative needs.

Depending on the assignment and jurisdiction, investigators may conduct:

  • Surveillance
  • Interviews
  • Witness location
  • Background investigations
  • Asset searches
  • Insurance investigations
  • Fraud investigations
  • Corporate investigations
  • Due diligence
  • Missing-person investigations
  • Skip tracing
  • Accident investigations
  • Workplace investigations
  • Litigation investigations
  • Digital investigations
  • Evidence gathering
  • Research and documentation

Licensing requirements vary by state and jurisdiction.

What Does a Private Investigator Do?

Private investigators can help clients find information, document activity, locate people, investigate claims, and develop evidence for legal, insurance, business, and personal matters.

Depending on the assignment, an investigator may:

  • Conduct surveillance
  • Locate witnesses
  • Locate missing individuals
  • Perform skip tracing
  • Research public records
  • Conduct background investigations
  • Investigate insurance claims
  • Investigate suspected fraud
  • Interview witnesses
  • Photograph locations
  • Document activities
  • Investigate accidents
  • Conduct corporate investigations
  • Perform due diligence
  • Investigate employment matters
  • Research assets
  • Assist attorneys with litigation
  • Prepare investigative reports
  • Testify regarding investigative work when appropriate

All investigative work should be performed lawfully and in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Private Investigation Services

Investigative Support for Legal, Business & Personal Matters

Surveillance

Professional surveillance can be used to document activity relevant to a lawful investigation.

Surveillance may involve:

  • Vehicle surveillance
  • Residential surveillance
  • Business surveillance
  • Activity documentation
  • Video documentation
  • Photography
  • Mobile surveillance
  • Multiple-day surveillance

Common applications include:

Insurance investigations

Personal injury

Workers' compensation

Disability claims

Family-law matters

Corporate investigations

Litigation


Insurance Investigations

Investigate Claims & Document the Facts

Insurance companies and defense attorneys may use investigators to examine claims involving:

  • Personal injury
  • Workers' compensation
  • Disability
  • Property damage
  • Fraud
  • Auto accidents
  • Slip-and-fall claims
  • Liability claims
  • Commercial claims

Investigative services may include:

  • Surveillance
  • Recorded statements
  • Witness interviews
  • Scene investigation
  • Photographs
  • Background research
  • Activity checks
  • Claim documentation

Workers' Compensation Investigations

Investigators may assist with lawful investigations involving suspected workers' compensation fraud or disputed claims.

Services can include:

  • Surveillance
  • Activity documentation
  • Witness interviews
  • Employment verification
  • Background research
  • Scene investigation
  • Records research

Personal Injury Investigations

Find the Facts Behind the Claim

Private investigators can assist personal-injury attorneys with:

  • Accident investigation
  • Witness location
  • Witness interviews
  • Scene photography
  • Surveillance
  • Background research
  • Social-media research where lawful
  • Insurance investigation
  • Timeline development

Accident Investigations

Document the Scene

Investigators can assist with investigating:

  • Auto accidents
  • Truck accidents
  • Motorcycle accidents
  • Pedestrian accidents
  • Workplace accidents
  • Construction accidents
  • Premises-liability incidents

Services may include:

  • Scene photography
  • Witness identification
  • Witness interviews
  • Video documentation
  • Measurements
  • Public-record research
  • Timeline development
  • Evidence documentation

Investigators may also work with accident-reconstruction experts, engineers, attorneys, legal videographers, and legal animators.


Witness Location & Interviews

Find the People Who Matter

A witness can become difficult to locate after an incident.

Investigators may assist with:

  • Witness identification
  • Address research
  • Contact information
  • Skip tracing
  • Interviews
  • Recorded statements
  • Background research
  • Witness-location reports

Skip Tracing

Find People Who Are Difficult to Locate

Skip tracing can be used to locate individuals when traditional contact information is outdated or unavailable.

Potential applications include:

  • Witnesses
  • Defendants
  • Debtors
  • Missing persons
  • Former employees
  • Heirs
  • Beneficiaries
  • Business owners
  • Other individuals relevant to a lawful investigation

Missing Persons Investigations

Private investigators may assist in locating:

  • Missing adults
  • Witnesses
  • Family members
  • Former employees
  • Heirs
  • Beneficiaries
  • Individuals involved in legal matters

Investigators use lawful investigative techniques and available information to develop leads.


Background Investigations

Know Who You're Dealing With

Background investigations may involve lawful research into:

  • Identity
  • Professional history
  • Business affiliations
  • Public records
  • Litigation history
  • Criminal records where legally accessible
  • Professional licenses
  • Corporate records
  • Address history

Background investigations are subject to applicable privacy and consumer-reporting laws.


Corporate Investigations

Protect Your Business

Businesses may use private investigators for:

  • Internal investigations
  • Employee misconduct
  • Fraud
  • Theft
  • Workplace issues
  • Corporate due diligence
  • Vendor investigations
  • Business disputes
  • Intellectual-property investigations
  • Competitive intelligence where lawful

Employee Investigations

Investigators can assist employers and attorneys with lawful workplace investigations involving:

  • Employee misconduct
  • Theft
  • Fraud
  • Workers' compensation claims
  • Workplace disputes
  • Policy violations
  • Conflict-of-interest concerns
  • Outside employment
  • Workplace safety matters

Investigations should be conducted consistently with employment laws, privacy laws, and applicable company policies.


Fraud Investigations

Follow the Evidence

Investigators may investigate suspected fraud involving:

  • Insurance claims
  • Workers' compensation
  • Business transactions
  • Employee theft
  • Identity-related fraud
  • Financial activity
  • False claims
  • Property damage

Services can include surveillance, interviews, public-record research, documentation, and evidence development.


Asset Searches

Locate Financial & Business Information

Investigators may conduct lawful asset research involving:

  • Real estate
  • Businesses
  • Corporate interests
  • Public records
  • Liens
  • Judgments
  • Other legally accessible information

Asset investigations can be relevant to:

Judgment enforcement

Business disputes

Divorce

Fraud

Collections

Litigation


Due Diligence Investigations

Know the People & Companies Behind a Transaction

Private investigators can assist attorneys and businesses with due diligence involving:

  • Individuals
  • Businesses
  • Corporate entities
  • Executives
  • Partners
  • Vendors
  • Potential acquisitions
  • Business relationships

Research may include publicly available records, corporate filings, litigation history, professional information, and other lawful sources.


Litigation Investigations

Investigative Support for Attorneys

Private investigators can become an extension of a litigation team.

Services may include:

  • Witness location
  • Witness interviews
  • Background investigations
  • Scene investigations
  • Surveillance
  • Evidence gathering
  • Public-record research
  • Timeline development
  • Defendant research
  • Plaintiff research
  • Expert research
  • Trial preparation

Pre-Litigation Investigations

Investigators can help attorneys evaluate facts before a lawsuit is filed.

Potential services include:

  • Witness identification
  • Scene investigation
  • Background research
  • Evidence preservation
  • Interviews
  • Documentation
  • Liability investigation
  • Asset research

Criminal Defense Investigations

Private investigators may assist criminal-defense attorneys with lawful investigative work including:

  • Witness interviews
  • Witness location
  • Scene investigation
  • Background research
  • Evidence development
  • Timeline reconstruction
  • Independent investigation

Investigators work under the direction of attorneys where appropriate.


Family Law Investigations

Investigators may assist attorneys and clients with lawful investigations involving:

  • Custody matters
  • Asset investigations
  • Surveillance
  • Witness location
  • Background investigations
  • Co-habitation investigations
  • Business interests
  • Documentation of relevant activity

Investigative methods must comply with applicable laws and court requirements.


Divorce & Asset Investigations

Investigators may assist with identifying and researching:

  • Businesses
  • Real estate
  • Corporate interests
  • Public records
  • Financial relationships
  • Potentially undisclosed assets

Intellectual Property Investigations

Investigators may assist with:

  • Counterfeit investigations
  • Trademark investigations
  • Copyright investigations
  • Trade-secret matters
  • Product investigations
  • Market research
  • Evidence collection

All investigative activities must comply with applicable laws.


Insurance Defense Investigations

Defense attorneys and insurance carriers can find investigators experienced with:

  • Surveillance
  • Claim verification
  • Witness interviews
  • Accident investigation
  • Scene documentation
  • Background research
  • Activity checks
  • Fraud investigation

Social Media Investigations

Investigate Digital Footprints

Investigators may research publicly available online information relevant to a lawful investigation.

Potential sources can include:

  • Social media
  • Websites
  • Public profiles
  • Online publications
  • Business websites
  • Publicly available databases

Investigators must comply with applicable privacy, access, and evidence laws.


Digital Investigations

Investigate the Digital World

Private investigators with digital-investigation expertise may assist with:

  • Online research
  • Digital evidence
  • Publicly available information
  • Social-media investigations
  • Identity research
  • Online fraud
  • Cyber-related investigations

Forensic examination of devices or systems may require specialized digital-forensics professionals.


Digital Forensics

Recover & Analyze Digital Evidence

Forensic specialists may examine:

  • Computers
  • Mobile devices
  • Hard drives
  • Cloud accounts
  • Digital files
  • Metadata
  • Email
  • Digital communications

Digital forensics is often performed alongside eDiscovery and litigation-support teams.

JusVox can help legal teams find:

Private Investigators

Digital Forensic Experts

eDiscovery Professionals

Cybersecurity Experts


Public Records Research

Investigators can conduct lawful research involving publicly accessible information such as:

  • Court records
  • Property records
  • Corporate records
  • Business filings
  • Professional licenses
  • Government records
  • Public databases

Online Investigations

Investigators specializing in online research may assist with:

  • Identity research
  • Business research
  • Social-media research
  • Website research
  • Public-record research
  • Online fraud investigations
  • Digital footprint research

Photography & Video Documentation

Investigators may document relevant locations, property, vehicles, conditions, and activities through photographs or video when legally permitted.

This can be particularly useful for:

  • Accident investigations
  • Insurance claims
  • Premises liability
  • Property disputes
  • Construction cases
  • Litigation

JusVox can also connect attorneys with legal videographers and legal photography professionals.


Site Investigations

See the Location for Yourself

Investigators can document:

  • Accident scenes
  • Properties
  • Businesses
  • Construction sites
  • Vehicles
  • Environmental conditions
  • Physical locations

Site investigations may include photography, measurements, interviews, observations, and documentation.


Corporate Due Diligence

Before entering a business relationship, companies may want to understand:

Who owns the company?

Who are the principals?

What businesses are connected to them?

Are there relevant lawsuits?

What public records exist?

Private investigators can assist with lawful corporate research and due diligence.


Security Investigations

Some private investigators specialize in:

  • Security assessments
  • Workplace security
  • Retail loss
  • Theft investigations
  • Fraud prevention
  • Physical security investigations

Retail Loss & Theft Investigations

Investigators may assist businesses with:

  • Employee theft
  • Retail theft
  • Inventory loss
  • Fraud
  • Internal investigations
  • Surveillance

Intellectual Property & Counterfeit Investigations

Investigators can assist businesses and attorneys in identifying:

  • Counterfeit products
  • Unauthorized sellers
  • Trademark misuse
  • Copyright violations
  • Distribution networks
  • Potential sources of counterfeit goods

Find Private Investigators

Search by the Needs of Your Case

JusVox allows attorneys and legal professionals to search investigators by:

Specialty

  • Surveillance
  • Skip tracing
  • Witness location
  • Insurance investigations
  • Fraud
  • Corporate investigations
  • Background investigations
  • Asset searches
  • Accident investigations
  • Litigation support
  • Digital investigations
  • Due diligence

Location

Find investigators near the case, witness, property, accident scene, or other relevant location.

Experience

Search by years of experience, investigative specialty, case type, and professional background.

Availability

Find investigators available:

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For a specific assignment

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Private Investigator Jobs & Assignments

Find Your Next Investigation

JusVox can connect investigators with:

  • Attorneys
  • Law firms
  • Insurance companies
  • Corporations
  • Government agencies
  • Private clients
  • Investigative firms
  • Litigation-support companies

Find:

Surveillance assignments

Witness-location projects

Insurance investigations

Background investigations

Fraud investigations

Corporate investigations

Litigation assignments

Skip-tracing projects

Due-diligence projects

Digital investigations


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Get Discovered by Attorneys & Clients

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  • Investigation specialties
  • License information
  • Certifications
  • States served
  • Counties served
  • Years of experience
  • Case types
  • Surveillance capabilities
  • Equipment
  • Technology
  • Availability
  • Geographic coverage

Showcase Your Investigative Capabilities

List your specialties:

Surveillance

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Insurance Investigation

Fraud Investigation

Corporate Investigation

Background Investigation

Asset Search

Accident Investigation

Litigation Investigation

Digital Investigation

Due Diligence


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When an assignment matches your:

Location

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JusVox can notify you about the opportunity.


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Legal Animators

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