When you’re hiring a Private Investigator, you know it’s a serious business.
Whether you are thinking to call them for a background check or an infidelity-related investigation, you can’t just roll the dice and pick someone. You need proper and reliable information prior to hiring.
In New York, you’ll find a plethora of private investigators and detective agencies. However, you need only a professional private investigator for solving a simple or complex case. Check out the following tips to find and hire one of them.
1. State licensed. Find out if their business is licensed by the NYS Division of Licensing Services or not. You can go for a licensee ID search by using the ID number provided by the PI. Visit the online website of the NYS Division of Licensing Services to search by ID number in the updated database. Results will also showcase the license’s date of expiry.
2. Experienced. Inflated experience wouldn’t work well for you, will it? You should find a professional who’s ready to provide a summary of the cases he/she solved in their respective careers. Their specialization in the particular category of cases you want would decide the future course of action.
3. Insurance. Make sure they are insured up to a few million dollars, otherwise, you will be liable for the insurance coverage.
4. Confidentiality. This isn’t something to play with, and you know it well. Some PI people have a notorious record of sharing customer details. Verify it’s not the same as the one you want to hire.
5. Costs. As it averages around $50 per hour in the US, no one can guarantee an amount like that to you. The costs would depend on the complexity of private investigations, location, and expertise of the investigator. So, discuss that way ahead of signing a contract.
