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Public Sources
Last Known Address
A person has moved may have left a forwarding address. Send an envelope to the last known address and write "ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED / DO NOT FORWARD" on it. If the post office has a forwarding address on file, it will put a correction label on the envelope and return it to you.
Contact the person's friends or relatives, as well as the current or last known employer and ask if they have a current address.
More Public Records
Departments of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
Register of Deeds/County Recorders Offices (if the person owned property)
City and County Tax Departments (look up local government's website where the person lived)
State and local business records (contact the state office that regulates businesses/corporate compliance, trade names, or commerce)
Trade or Professional Licensing entities (Members of a regulated trade or profession, such as a barber, dentist, nurse, doctor, or private investigator, may be certified, licensed, or registered through a state agency.)
Portico is a collection of web sites containing publicly available information on businesses, professions, vital records, addresses, property, non-profits, and more.
VINELink is a service that provides victims, or anyone, with information about an offender's custody status, court dates, sex offender registry status online or by phone 877-884-8463. Includes County and Municipal jails. Alternatively, you could contact the state's Department of Corrections directly.
The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the SSA.
You can verify someone is in the military by searching the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) database.
Or contact the locator service for a specific branch:
Air Force: 1-210-652-5775
Army: 1-866-771-6357
Marines: 1-703-640-3942/43
Navy: 1-901-874-3388
Coast Guard: 1-800-842-8740
