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Skip Tracing Australia offers a full suite of investigation and legal support services — including skip tracing, process serving, surveillance, OSINT, and background checks. All services are delivered by licensed professionals with written results suitable for court use.
Skip Tracing
Skip tracing is the process of locating a person whose whereabouts are unknown.
Skip Tracing Australia supports legal, commercial, and compliance matters by verifying residential addresses quickly and accurately. Every result includes written findings suitable for court use.
A desktop skip trace returning current information on a known person from databases, tenancy records, social media, and public records. No contact is made and no field work is undertaken.
Suited to matters where you have the person's full name and date of birth and need information returned only.
Our most requested service. A licensed investigator works to locate a known person and confirm a current address using lawful data, investigative analysis, and discreet verification.
Suitable for service of documents, debt recovery, litigation, and compliance matters.
An affidavit of the skip trace is available as an add-on.
All searches included in our Standard Skip Trace plus additional time, resources, and searches such as a credit report, with a sworn affidavit of the skip trace included.
Suited to matters where the Subject's identity is not initially established, where every avenue must be exhausted to locate them, or where you need a court-ready affidavit of the search.
Beneficiary Tracing
Skip Tracing Australia locates beneficiaries, heirs, and next of kin for probate, estate, and intestacy matters. We work with estate lawyers, trustees, public trustees, and administrators across Australia, from a single missing beneficiary to the full identification of entitled persons in a complex intestacy.
Every matter is documented to a standard suitable for the executor, the court, or a grant application, whether the person is located or every reasonable avenue is shown to have been exhausted.
The core investigation for matters where reasonable identifying information is available. We locate a known beneficiary, confirm their identity, and connect them with the instructing firm, with a written report documenting the searches conducted and the outcome.
Suited to estates where a beneficiary has lost contact, moved, or changed their details, and needs to be found and contacted.
For matters of greater complexity, such as common names, limited identifying information, surname changes, historical research, or interstate and international searches. This level also covers identifying potential beneficiaries of an intestate estate, where the entitled persons are unknown from the outset. It extends the investigation across a wider pool of potential matches and broader geographic coverage.
Suited to matters where a standard trace has reached its limit, where the available information is thin from the outset, or where there is no will and the beneficiaries must be identified.
Comprehensive level of investigation, designed for matters where every avenue must be documented as exhausted. The report is structured to satisfy a court that all reasonable steps have been taken to locate a missing beneficiary.
Suited to matters anticipating a Benjamin Order application, or where the executor needs evidence of reasonable enquiries to protect against personal liability.
A report prepared for litigation, setting out our methodology, qualifications, and findings for judicial consideration, in accordance with the relevant expert witness code of conduct.
Quoted separately based on the scope of the instructions. Suited to contested estates and matters proceeding to a hearing where expert evidence is required.
Background Checks
Skip Tracing Australia conducts lawful background checks for legal, commercial, and employment matters. Every report is compiled by a licensed investigator and includes written findings suitable for court or compliance use.
From simple checks to a full due diligence report, we tailor the level of investigation to what your matter requires.
The data and the flags: credit, insolvency, court records, electoral roll, licensing, contact history, and company and director records. Findings are returned as written results, without an analysis narrative.
Suited to pre-employment screening and personal checks where you want the raw data to make your own assessment.
All searches included in Tier 1 plus property ownership, social media and digital footprint, associate identification, employment verification, character assessment, and a deeper ASIC review. Findings are returned as an analysed report with context.
Suited to due diligence on a business partner, director, or counterparty.
All searches included in Tier 2 plus interviews, advanced open-source research, property verification, and red flag analysis with a written narrative, delivered as a court or boardroom-ready report.
Suited to matters where you need a defensible report for court or a board, or a fraud investigation that needs full treatment.
Online Investigations
Skip Tracing Australia conducts lawful online investigations for legal, commercial, and employment matters. Every report is compiled by a licensed investigator and includes verified findings suitable for court or compliance use.
From a snapshot of someone's public online presence to a full digital investigation report, we tailor the level of investigation to what your matter requires.
A snapshot of a subject's public online presence, drawn from social media and open-source sources, with verified screenshots and a written summary of findings.
Suited to confirming lifestyle, activity, or online presence for a legal matter.
Deeper open-source intelligence and digital tracing, including linked accounts, historical activity, and associate mapping, delivered as an analysed report with context.
Suited to risk profiling, litigation support, and due diligence where you need verified findings with analysis.
A comprehensive digital investigation covering social media, open-source intelligence, deep web research, digital footprint, and red flag analysis, delivered as a court-ready report.
Suited to matters needing a defensible, full-service online investigation for court or compliance.
Process Serving
Skip Tracing Australia provides compliant, professional process serving across all Australian jurisdictions. Our licensed agents serve legal documents accurately and on time, with a full understanding of local court requirements, and every serve is supported by an affidavit of service.
Service of legal documents within major city and metropolitan areas. Includes up to three attempts by a licensed server and a compliant affidavit of service. Standard turnaround time is between 5 and 15 business days. Urgent options available upon request.
Service of legal documents in regional or outer suburban areas. Includes up to three attempts, coordination with a regional process server, and a compliant affidavit of service. Standard turnaround time is between 5 and 15 business days. Urgent options available upon request.
Service of documents in rural and remote locations subject to Agent availability. Includes coordination with the nearest available agent, travel logistics, service report and an affidavit of service. Turnaround time may vary depending on location. Urgent options may not available upon request.
Property & Assets
Skip Tracing Australia conducts property and asset searches for legal, commercial, and estate matters. Every result is compiled by a licensed investigator and includes written findings suitable for court or compliance use.
Whether you know the person and need to find what they own, or you know the property and need to confirm who owns it, we tailor the search to what your matter requires.
Locate property and real estate owned by a known individual, across one or more states or all of Australia. Findings are returned as a written report. Suited to litigation, debt recovery, property settlements, and estate administration where you need to establish what a person owns.
Identify the registered owner of a known property from title and land registry records, returned as a written report. Suited to matters where you have the address and need to confirm who holds title.
Investigate ownership where a name is common, records are unclear, or a title needs to be established against the correct individual. Suited to matters where ownership is contested, ambiguous, or needs to be established with confidence before proceeding.
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