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Investigative & Process Service Pricing

  • General Investigation

    • $200.00 Hour

  • Surveillance: Stationary and Mobile

    • One Man $ 150.00 Hour
    • Two Man $ 200.00 Hour

  • Skip-Trace/Locates

    • Level I * $300.00-In Office Locates
    • Level II $ 600.00 Min.plus expenses-Field Locates/Street Work

  • Asset Searches**

    • Call for Specific Price Quote. There is a minimum of $700.00 for most tangible asset search work.
    • The level and depth of the search determines pricing. Post judgment for recovery & pre-judgment to decide litigation are usual reasons for search.

  • Process Service

    • Routine service means no prior attempts by sheriff or other agency. Less than 72 hour is considered a rush matter and will be billed accordingly
    • For Routine service we will make 3 separate attempts at different times for our Routine Service Rate.
    • Cook, DuPage, Kane DeKalb & McHenry County Fee $150.00. For Kendall & Lake Fee $175.00. For Will County $200.00
    • A rush routine service (attempt within 72 hours) is billed at twice the fee of our routine rate.
    • Investigative/Surveillance/Intricate Process Service is billed at $150.00 per hour and .75 per mile.
    • We do offer special rates to high volume clients ie several per month-Call our office to set up pricing terms
    • We specialize in locate/serves; difficult serves; alias summons where Sheriff does not make service

  • Evidentiary Photography Or Video

    • $ 200.00 Hour

  • Undercover, Trademark & Copyright

    • Call for Price Quote

  • Electronic Eavesdropping Countermeasure Survey

    • Call for Price Quote
    • Based on Physical Dimensions
    • Requires Trained Experts
    • Minimum Fees $2000.00 +

All mileage billed at $.75 per mile. Additional fees may be assessed for public record and database search fees, tolls, copies, advances and other necessary expenses.

* LEVEL I locates/skiptraces are only available to attorneys, insurance companies and corporations with legitimate business purposes.  Clients must be able to provide identifiers for the subject of the search. Extra fees will be assessed for searches without certain identifiers such as DOB or SSN.

** Conducted in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and/or the GLB Act. Proper releases are required for employment applicant screening. Pricing based on specifications and venues.