How to get a former tenant's work address

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I have a former tenant that I am trying to track down so I can serve them papers. (Missouri landlording laws)

I have their working phone number but I know they won't give me a current/work address.

Any ideas on how to find out this information?

Kyle J. · Answer

A few ideas....check social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, etc); Google search the tenant’s name (I once found an ex-tenant I was trying to serve with papers who was listed on an online professional membership roster with her work info); reverse Google search the phone number; have someone else call the number and pretend to be a customer, vendor or whatever is appropriate depending on the type of business.

Tom Gimer · Answer

No... process servers use skip-tracing techniques to find their targets. They will charge more for difficult targets, but certainly NOT a percentage of the debt.  If you can obtain personal jurisdiction over the defendant that is much more important than the address shown on the paperwork.

Jeremy Paschedag · Answer

To follow up, my ex-tenant couldn't refuse the opportunity to get any money and responded to my request for his address.  Now on Monday I can file a judgement against him.

Jeremy Paschedag · Answer

Don't know if it works, but I literally did this 5 mins ago.  Send them a message asking where you should send the security deposit money leftovers after fixing any damages.

That's all I have as my ex-tenant was unemployed when he moved out. I know what bank he uses. But I don't think they'll give me anything.

Matthew Paul · Answer

get on facebook and look them up , ask one of their friends where they are working or living

Karl B. · Answer

Shot in the dark, but I'd check their social media - one can learn a lot about a person on Facebook.

Jeremy Paschedag · Answer

@Garrett Hawk  Have you tried calling the work number after hours or on the weekend to get the company's name?  Or tried a reverse lookup using the work number?

And why doesn't my phone let me tag people?  When I use a computer there are no problems.

Jeremy Paschedag · Answer

@Tom Gimer  Without an address of known place of service, are they still able to tall them down?   Perhaps I'm mixing processes, do process servers take something like 25-50%of the debt collected?

Tom Gimer · Answer

This is what process servers do to earn their money.

Who cares where the service occurs as long as it happens.

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