• $200.00 to $250.00 per hour
• Per Job Pricing May Also Be Available upon Review and Discussion

• 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.

• Level 1      $300.00-In Office Locates*
• Level 2      $ 600.00 Min.plus expenses-Field Locates   Street Work/Address or Site Visits
• Level 3    $200 per hour (intricate such as missing persons) may be also be billed at a per job rate upon discussion/agreement.

Court searches are billed by name, by county, with separate charges for criminal and civil searches.

A criminal and civil name search is $80.00

In Cook County there is also a separate $40.00 search fee for the Traffic Division.

Common names can be very time consuming for civil cases depending on the time scope. Middle initial and address is often needed to eliminate. There are often

no identifiers if the subject of the search is a plaintiff.

Older cases in Cook County, generally prior to 2017,  are not imaged and therefore need to be ordered.

It can take up to 14 days to receive a file for copying once ordered from Archives.

There is a charge of $75.00 per file to order/review and copy.  An hourly rate of $150.00 may be charged for large files such as chancery and law division files where we need to review and then copy specific documents. We can usually send you a docket to review and then let us know the date and document title for copying. An estimate of time to complete can be given once we know the year of the file and how many files to copy.

Court copy fees can be advanced for volume clients with a $10.00 added advance fee. Copy costs are $2.00 for the first page and .50 for each additional page per file.

Call/email for quote.

• Routine service means no prior attempts by sheriff or other agency. Within 48 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 Co                            $150.00.
• Lake & McHenry County             $175.00.
• DeKalb, Kendall & Will Co         $200.00

Note: Additional affidavits for multiple serves at the same address are billed at $25.00 for each additional affidavit prepared, (includes the required mailing) ie multiple defendants at the same address. Each court case number is billed individually. No printing charge for the 1st 25 pages with a fee of $.15 per page after that. We can advance witness fees with a 20% advance fee charged.

• A rush service (attempt within 48 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 (s).