- General Investigation
-
- $200.00 to $250.00 per hour
- Per Job Pricing May Also Be Available upon Review and Discussion
- Document Retrieval-Police Reports-FOIA Requests
-
- Court Document Copy Requests-$150.00 per hour -Minimum 1 hour
- Police Reports, FOIA Requests-$150.00 per hour – Minimum 1 hour
- Rush requests generally billed at 1.5 times usual rate. Rush is within 48 hours of request.
- Copy/Court Search and/or Advances my be necessary. Costs will be added to request.
- Skip-Trace/Locates
-
- Level I * $300.00-In Office Locates
- Level II $ 600.00 Min.plus expenses-Field Locates/Street Work
- Level II (intricate) may be also be billed at a per job rate upon discussion/agreement.
- Asset Searches
-
- Call for Specific Price Quote. There is a minimum of $900.00 for most tangible asset search work plus document/search expenses.
- The level and depth of the search determines pricing. Tangible and liquid searches for both pre/post judgment litigation.
- GLB and FCRA rules may apply.
- Process Service
-
- Routine service means no prior attempts by sheriff or other agency. Within 72 hours is considered a rush and will be billed at 2x the routine rate.
- For Routine service we will make 3 separate attempts on separate days at different times for our Routine Service Rate.
- Cook Co. north of 63rd St. $150.00
- Cook Co. south of 63rd St. $200.00.
- DuPage, Kane & McHenry Co $150.00.
- Lake County $175.00.
- DeKalb, Kendall & Will Co $200.00
- A rush service (attempt within 72 hours) is billed at twice the fee of our routine rate.
- Investigative oriented/Not Routine/Waiting/Intricate Service billed at $200.00 per hour and .75 per mile. Per Job/Project rates available upon discussion and agreement.
- 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 and serve cases; difficult serves; alias summons where Sheriff or others are unable to locate/serve.
- Licensed Detective Agency-No appointment order necessary. Insured for Liability, Work Comp, Trespass, Non-Owned Auto.
- Illinois Agency License # 117-000192
The Illinois Civil Practice Act allows Licensed Detectives or Licensed Detective Agencies to serve court process without special appointment in all counties in Illinois pursuant to the Illinois Civil Practice Act. Service of summons/complaint and citations can be left with a member of the household age 13 over on the first attempt with a mailing of the summons to the defendant.
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.
