Searching for someone in Germany?
When performing an address inquiry in Germany, we usually need to identify the address of a desired person. The background for an address inquiry can be extremely varied.
In certain cases, the detective agency has only a few data of the person sought. In other cases, all records are available, including an old address. However, for the „average consumer“ the current address of the person cannot be found.
During the course of an address determination, the detective tries to find a trail where the wanted person might have their centre of interest by means of targeted research on the Internet, in appropriate public authorities, with former neighbours as well as other possible respondents.
An address inquiry is conceivable, for example, in the following cases:
The tracking down of debtors makes up the largest share of address inquiries. Clients are mainly creditors who have not succeeded in establishing the address of a debtor by simple methods. Many debtors try to evade a possible seizure or the access of the bailiff by concealing their actual residential address.
Detectives are able to track down many of these hiding debtors through appropriate research techniques. The success rate for such an inquiry can be up to 80 %. It is therefore not surprising that a large number of banks, insurance companies, commercial providers, property managers or landlords also seek the help of a private detective agency for an address inquiry in Germany.
Contact between people is lost again and again. A good friend from the past, a distant family member, old fellow students from the school period, or comrades from military time are often hard to find. This is particularly true if you do not have enough data to find the person through a request at the local residents’ registration office.
Here too, a detective agency can provide valuable services by picking up the trace of the person sought and finding them by means of a nationwide and an international address inquiry.
It is often sufficient for investigations of this kind, if one knows the first name and the surname of a person as well as the former place of residence. All further investigations are done by the private investigator. It is difficult to find a person with a very common name. So if you only know that someone is Michael Müller and is from Berlin, the private investigator will probably fail. These data is usually not enough to find an address.
The investigations must then be done very intensively mainly because there are too many identical persons who must be excluded in the course of the investigation. In most cases, the cost and the benefits can no longer be compared. However, if the name is not quite familiar, detectives usually arrive at the target quite quickly.
Detectives can help you to locate for example debtors, lost friends or family members in Germany.
There may be very different starting points when looking for witnesses. In some cases, the names of witnesses are known, but not their complete address. In this case, a detective will carry out the inquiry so that the person’s complete address is found. The deliverability of a court summons or official papers must thereby be guaranteed.
In different cases, we only know that there are witnesses, but we don’t know who they are. This is a completely different investigation which aims at establishing the identity of the witnesses.
In addition to the aforementioned points, there are further reasons for determining the address of a person. If the client has a legitimate interest within the framework of the Federal Data Protection Act, a detective agency can also help in determining the address of a person in different circumstances.
Clients are approaching us again and again in search for possible heirs. Part of the heir search involves the determination of existing relationships and where possible heirs may be resident.
The search for the biological father is also increasing in demand. Due to changes in the law over the last few years it is now possible to disclose anonymously kept names of biological fathers. However, with the name alone, the child does not still have the actual address of the biological father. This is where detectives come in; they try to find the current address of the biological father through targeted investigations.
Many soldiers from the then Eastern bloc were stationed in East Germany while many soldiers from the USA, England and France had found their temporary home in West Germany. In the course of interpersonal contacts, it was not out of question that during this time many children were fathered. There was often no contact after the soldiers left Germany.
Today however, the fathers would like to establish contact with their biological children. In most cases, however, they will not be able to find the address. Through our address search all over Germany, we are still able to find most of the children of soldiers today.
We can also perform an address search for you via our network of detectives in the neighbouring countries of Germany like Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands or Poland. Please contact us if necessary and we will provide you a free quote for address inquiries abroad.
The determination of addresses is a task which a private investigator meets daily. The success prospects are usually quite good because a detective does not just make a simple request at the residents’ registration office but performs an individual research. The people search in Germany is a complex investigation.
If you are looking for the address of a specific person, please write us a message. A detective will then tell you without commitment, what possibilities he sees to help you.
The deliverability of the identified address can also be locally checked on request. As a rule, however, a counter-check of the identified address by means of a request at the post office during the course of the detective work is sufficient.
Based on the known data, we are able to assess the extent to which investigations into your case are expected. This results in the cost of address determination in Germany. Your request with us pledges you to nothing, since it is entirely non-binding.
