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Jul18
What is Skip Tracing?
Skip tracing is the process of tracking down someone who owes you money. Sometimes in order to collect on a past due account or a bad check you have to locate your debtor first.  Some debtors may relocate or their phone is disconnected, and they believe they have left you no means of contact.  This is exactly when you would skip trace the debtor.

This is the reason that when you created your credit policy you had each customer sign and fill out a credit application.  If you need to skip trace a customer or debtor, go pull that credit application and get the following information:

  • Full name, first, middle and last
  • Social Security number
  • date of birth
  • former address
  • employment information
  • vehicle and drivers license information
  • spouses information

This information should be easy to find in your locked file cabinet of credit applications.

Once you have some or all of this information there are many ways you can try to locate your customer.  You can look in your phone book, you can use on line services, call their place of employment, their spouse's place of employment, call directory assistance or if you have the capability, run a credit report. Call their references and see if they have an address or phone number for the debtor.


Happy Hunting!

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