Missing Heir Found
New York City, NY
Level II First Cousin
HeirSearch™ research experts work with executors, administrators, trustees, fiduciaries, bank and trust officers, and their counsel to establish kinship for legal purposes. Since 1967, we’ve used forensic genealogy, an analytical research method, to successfully complete tens of thousands of worldwide searches.
Our five-pillar approach ensures reasonable, non-percentage-based fees, authorized search services, a 97% success rate, documented court-ready reports and worldwide service.
Since 1967, we’ve specialized in providing forensic genealogy services to the legal and trust professions.
Forensic genealogy is an analytical research method used to establish kinship for legal purposes. HeirSearch™ experts conduct thorough and unbiased research, complete with court-ready reporting and expert testimony.
At HeirSearch, we hold ourselves to the highest professional and ethical standards. We Find Missing Heirs A Better Way®.
Our fees are quoted in advance and determined by a set fee schedule based on the type of search and your requirements – never as a percentage of the trust or estate.
Significant windfall rewards are available for heir hunters, who frequently start unauthorized searches without client consent or contractual arrangement. Our reasonable fees are always quoted in advance, and we never initiate an independent search. Our experience has shown that courts look more favourably on agreements with heir search firms when the cost of the search is known in advance.
Thanks to a combination of specialized education, training and experience, our research experts are highly qualified to find missing heirs and beneficiaries. Since 1967, this knowledge and expertise has resulted in an average success rate of 97%.
Our final report provides clear and convincing evidence, suitable for an exhibit in court proceedings. All available supporting documentation is included in a concise, easy-to-read format.
HeirSearch has successfully located tens of thousands of missing heirs and lost beneficiaries in more than 65 countries. Regardless of the location of the missing heirs or amount of information available on them, our in-house knowledge and international expertise means we succeed where other search firms often fail.
We use our professional expertise to identify, locate, prove and report known and unknown heirs or beneficiaries, both domestically and internationally.
We help clients fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities in providing notice to heirs by supplying current contact information (or the results of our due diligence search efforts) in order to provide notice of estate or trust matters.
We identify, locate, prove and report heirs or beneficiaries on matters related to Clear and Quiet Title Actions and Property Ownership.
As a Law Firm that represents clients and the final affairs in the most difficult times, our office reached out to HeirSearch in hopes to find a missing heir in the family to complete the process. The staff was beyond professional and very communicative. The service that HeirSearch has provided is definitely one that we would highly recommend.
Keota, IA
Legal Assistant
Aug 08, 2022
Thank you for the successful and wonderful experience we had utilizing HeirSearch. Your professional staff is very rewarding. We will continue to use your service in the future if need be.
Keota, IA
Legal Assistant
Aug 02, 2022
Everything was handled in a very timely-manner and the communication was excellent. Would highly recommend.
Uniontown, PA
Paralegal
Aug 08, 2022
Our law firm was very impressed with HeirSearch. Everything was handled in a timely manner and the communication with the employees was excellent. We would highly recommend HeirSearch.
Uniontown, PA
Paralegal
Jul 26, 2022
We were very pleased with the results of your search. Service was prompt and the Researcher was very responsive and kept us in the loop. Best of all, there was a happy outcome for the beneficiary! Thank you again. Hope to work with you again in the future.
Philadelphia, PA
Paralegal
Jul 21, 2022
What I had been trying to do on my own for the past several years, HeirSearch was able to do in less than 2 weeks. I would recommend their services to anyone looking to find a missing person. I will definitely use HeirSearch again when looking for a lost or missing client. A job well done, and I can't thank them enough!
Milwaukee, WI
Vice President of Trust Operations
Jul 20, 2022
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