ESI: Private Investigators Asset Search Investigations

California Licensed Private Investigator Providing Professional Investigation Services to

Businesses, Attorneys, Law Firms & Private Clients in California and Nationwide

ASSET INVESTIGATION SEARCHES

FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION SERVICES

NATIONWIDE - ALL 50 STATES

Business Accounts Business Saving Accounts Business Stocks Brokerage Accounts Aircraft

Business Equipment Business Revenue Land and Buildings Real Property Boats Patents

Trust Accounts Recreation Vehicles Intellectual Property Copyright Gold and Minerals

Do you have a civil judgment and the debtor

won’t pay? Think about it… if you haven’t been paid

the debtor isn’t going to volunteer?

There’s no reason to wait any longer!

"ESI: Licensed Private Investigator Providing Professional Investigation Services in Asset Search - Asset Investigations - Bank Levy - Writs- In-depth Financial Investigation Services - to Businesses, Attorneys, Law Firms and Private Clients Nationwide"

Empire Specialized Investigations conducts asset investigation, asset searches and in-depth financial investigations in all 50 states. Debtors can accumulate assets in both their personal and business ventures.

The types of assets ESI finds are: Bank Accounts – Savings Accounts – Brokerage Accounts – Rental Income – Stocks & Bonds – Trust Accounts – Retirement Accounts – Agreements – Contracts – Balloon Payments – Divorce Records – Property – Equipment for personal and business use – Boats – RVs – Business Revenue... etc.

To build a comprehensive asset report on a

business or individual a detailed profile

of the individual or business is necessary. There

are two major asset categories -

Tangible Assets and Intangible assets.

Tangible Assets: (liquid) is a comprehensive process of discovery to determine tangible assets, current assets and other assets that can be converted to cash, such as liquid assets, bank accounts, money market fund shares, bonds, mutual funds, and the cash value of a life insurance policy.

Tangible Assets: (fixed) real estate, buildings, homes, equipment and machinery, tools, equity in property, capital assets, gold and minerals after extraction.

Intangible Assets: (non-monetary) is a comprehensive process of discovery to determine proprietary property valuable rights or interests that have an exchange value such as patents, intellectual property, copyrights, franchises, trademarks, letter of credit, gold and mineral rights before extraction and economic resources owned by business or company or individual.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property (IP) is a term referring to a number of distinct types of legal monopolies over creations of the mind, both artistic and commercial, and the corresponding fields of law. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. Common types of intellectual property include copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and trade secrets in some jurisdictions. American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) (P.L. 106-113)

Accounts receivable (A/R) is one of a series of accounting transactions dealing with the billing of a customers for goods and services received by the customers. In most business entities this is typically done by generating an
invoice and mailing or electronically delivering it to the customer, who in turn must pay it within an established time frame called credit or payment terms.

Owners' Equity
Owners' equity, also called capital, is any debt owed to the business owners. For example, if you invested $50,000 of your savings to start a business, that amount is recorded in a capital account, also referred to as an owners'-equity account. In publicly traded companies, outstanding preferred and common stock also represents owners' equity.

Long-term investments

Often referred to simply as "investments". Long-term investments are to be held for many years and are not intended to be disposed of in the near future. This group usually consists of four types of investments:

Investments in securities such as bonds, common stock, or long-term notes.
Investments in fixed assets not used in operations (e.g., land held for sale).
Investments in special funds (e.g., sinking funds or pension funds).

Empire Specialized Investigations operates in full compliance with debt

collection law, and have made substantial investments in technology to provide

our clients with the best-in-class access to relevant debtor information

Garnishment federal laws

BASIS OF ASSETS

Attorney General's Collection Agencies Guide
www.ag.ca.gov/consumers/general/collection_agencies10.htm

Summary of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Statutes, covers both federal and California state laws

http://www.dca.ca.gov//publications/legal_guides/dc-2.shtml

California Civil Code Section 1788, et seq.

http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=civ&group=01001-02000&file=1788-1788.3

http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=civ&group=01001-02000&file=1788.10-1788.18

http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=civ&group=01001-02000&file=1788.20-1788.22

http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=civ&group=01001-02000&file=1788.30-1788.33

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Pre-Litigation and Post-Litigation

There are two different discovery methods available to you and your lawyer,

pre-litigation and post-litigation asset search investigations.

Pre-Litigation

Pre-Litigation asset searches are a preemptive tactic used to determine what assets or income may be seized in the event a judgment is ordered. Subsequent information can be used to determine if the judicial venture is economically worth the effort. Evidence obtained during this process can be admissible in court used at trial to prepare a better your case.

A secured position will give a creditor significant leverage over the debtor that may prompt the debtor into a quick settlement. It may also provide significant protection in the event of a bankruptcy (or even prompt the debtor not to file bankruptcy) because secured debts are not dischargeable.

Pre-Judgment Writ of Attachment
Garnishment is the statutory judicial procedure by which a party may preserve assets that are in the possession of a person or business not involved in the litigation. Generally, once a pre-judgment writ of attachment is issued by a court and properly served on the third party holding non-exempt funds or assets belonging to the debtor, the assets are essentially frozen until the writ of attachment has been dissolved, modified, or substituted. Pre-judgment attachment is an effective and often used procedure to secure and preserve assets pending the final outcome of litigation over a commercial debt.

A writ of attachment is only available where the creditor has not pre-existing ownership or security interest in the debtor's property and on the following types of claims: (1) a claim for money; (2) claims based on a contract; (3) claims for $500 or more; and (4) claims not secured by real property. Further, were the claim is against an individual, an attachment may be issued only where the claim arises out of the debtors trade, business or profession.

Assuming that the claim is one for which attachment is available, the kinds of property that may be attached include real property, accounts receivable arising out of the business, equipment, inventory, money on the premises, securities, and (in certain circumstances) community property.

Post-Litigation

Judgment Recovery and Judgment Enforcement

Temporary Restraining Orders (TRO)

In addition to the various judicial and non-judicial processes available to creditors to preserve a judgment debtor's assets during the litigation of a commercial collection or debt dispute, in certain circumstances parties may petition the court to enter injunctive relief in the form of a temporary restraining order to help ensure that an alleged debtor does not waste or dispose of its assets prior to a judgment.

Writ of Possession

Another effective pre-judgment remedy available to a creditor after the filing of a lawsuit is a writ of possession. A writ of possession allows a plaintiff-creditor to obtain possession of personal property that belongs to the creditor but is being wrongfully held by the debtor, or that belongs to the debtor but was used to secure an obligation to the creditor.

To obtain a writ of possession, the creditor must have a pre-existing ownership or security interest in some identifiable piece of personal property. Common examples of situations where a writ of possession can be useful to a creditor include where the debtor has defaulted on a loan secured by title to an automobile or equipment or embezzled, stolen or refused to return cash or equipment owned by a partnership or corporation. (Other tools exist to recover possession of other types of property, including an unlawful detainer action or an action for injectment to recover real property, and a writ of attachment to preserve property necessary to satisfy an unsecured obligation.)

Conversion of Located Assets

A judgment collection private investigator offers resources that surpass a typical collection agency. Our firm devises strategies to convert a debtor’s assets and income to satisfy your judgment using all statutory remedies available, including:

Post-judgment discovery of information to aid enforcement
Wage garnishments
Account levies
Turn-over orders
Executions on real estate and personal property interests
Assignment orders
Charging orders
Creation of judgment liens
Identifying and voiding fraudulent asset transfers, creditor suits, and receiverships.

Domesticating Sister-State and Foreign Judgments

Enforcing judgments often requires additional resources and efforts when the assets lie outside the jurisdiction of origin. As a judgment collection attorney, we offer our services to judgment creditors and their counsel to domesticate Sister-State and Foreign Judgments in California. If you are attempting to collect against a debtor whose assets and income sources are located in California, please to learn how we may be of assistance

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