Who We Serve
We specialize in working with the legal and trust professions, helping them meet their fiduciary responsibilities in estate, trust, notice, and property matters.
WHO WE SERVE
Who We Work With
Our professional search services are provided exclusively to the business community, law firms, and trust institutions.
Executors
We help the person or institution named in a will and appointed by the probate court in locating missing or unknown heirs during the estate administration process.
Administrators
For intestacies, we support the administrator appointed by the probate court by researching, identifying, and locating missing or unknown heirs required for the proper administration of the estate.
Trustees
We assist trustees in identifying and locating missing or unknown beneficiaries as part of the trust administration or termination process.
Fiduciaries
We partner with professional fiduciaries, guardians and conservators to locate individuals for legal purposes and end of life decisions.
Bank and Trust Officers
We work with bank and trust officers to identify and locate beneficiaries to terminate trusts.
Attorneys
We work with probate, trust, and estate planning attorneys to locate missing or unknown heirs.
WHAT WE DO
Who We Don’t Work With
As a general rule, we do not offer our services directly to the public.
Examples of personal research that we do not conduct:
- Personal heritage
- Search for insurance policies
- Search for a lost or stolen inheritance
- Personal searches to connect with estranged family members or spouses
WHY HEIRSEARCH
The Challenges We Help Our Clients Solve
Our extensive experience and worldwide resources mean that we can solve cases both simple and complex, domestically and internationally.
WHAT WE DO
The Solutions We Offer
Our reasonable fees are based on search type and always quoted in advance. We never initiate a search without client consent or contractual arrangement.
Estate
We use our professional expertise to identify, locate, prove and report known and unknown heirs or beneficiaries, both domestically and internationally.
Trust
We assist trustees, trust administrators, and their legal counsel in identifying and locating trust beneficiaries.
Notice
We help clients satisfy their fiduciary duty to notify heirs by supplying current contact information or documented due diligence search results for estate or trust matters.
Property
We identify, locate, verify, and report heirs, successors and assigns, or beneficiaries in matters relating to Clear and Quiet Title Actions and Property Ownership.
Other Search Services
We also provide search services for class action suits, pension plans, mass tort plaintiffs, and heirs of wrongful deaths.
SUCCESS STORIES
The Better Way Results
Explore our collection of client success stories and see how HeirSearch can help you. Note: We change all names, dates, and locations for client privacy.
How HeirSearch Successfully Located a Missing Heir Against the Odds
HeirSearch located and confirmed a missing heir, Jeremy House, ensuring the client could accurately identify the rightful beneficiary of the decedent’s estate.
Tracing the Lost Legacy: How Our Team Uncovered the Missing Heirs of Luke Rose
HeirSearch located and verified all of Luke Rose’s heirs, including children from multiple marriages, enabling the court-appointed administrator to complete proper notice and distribution.
From Egypt to Closure: Solving an “Impossible” Beneficiary Search
When a trustee faced the near-impossible task of locating a remainder beneficiary in Egypt, HeirSearch successfully uncovered critical civil records and verified the beneficiary’s family, enabling the trust proceedings to move forward.
A Race Against Time: Uncovering Heirs Through the Half-Blood Line
In a complex probate case involving unclear family ties, HeirSearch uncovered previously unknown half-blood heirs, enabling accurate legal notice and streamlining the estate administration process.
Tracing Next of Kin: A Diligent Search for Justice Solving a Complex Probate Puzzle with Expertise
HeirSearch conducted an extensive international genealogical investigation to identify and locate distant heirs, enabling an attorney to satisfy court notice requirements and resolve a complex probate case.
Solving the Mystery of Missing Beneficiaries
HeirSearch successfully located missing trust beneficiaries through genealogical and public records research, enabling an executor and law firm to fulfill their fiduciary obligations and administer the trust.
Uniting Across Borders: A Success Story in Locating a Beneficiary in Japan
HeirSearch leveraged international records and on-the-ground research in Japan to locate a missing beneficiary, enabling an attorney to move forward with critical estate proceedings.
Solving the Mystery: Forensic Genealogy Determines the Circumstances of the Potential Heirs to an Intestacy
HeirSearch conducted a detailed forensic genealogy investigation to resolve an intestate estate by documenting the status of missing and deceased heirs, enabling the curator to satisfy court requirements.
Unveiling Legacies: The Triumph of Forensic Genealogy in Estate Resolution
HeirSearch meticulously traced complex family lines to identify over 120 potential heirs, enabling a dependent administrator to distribute an intestate estate accurately.
Unveiling the Genetic Tapestry: DNA’s Crucial Role in Trust Termination
HeirSearch used forensic genealogy and DNA testing to confirm the biological descendants of Thomas North, enabling the trustee to accurately terminate the trust and conclude the estate.
Searching for an Intestate U.S. Army Veteran’s Heirs at Law
HeirSearch identified and located the living heirs of Gene Sanderson, a U.S. Army veteran with no known family, enabling the Conservator to fulfill fiduciary duties and distribute the estate.
Quiet Title Action Success: How HeirSearch Empowers Attorney to Resolve Property Matter
HeirSearch located Beatrice Hawthorn and her descendants, along with other heirs tied to the property, enabling a Texas attorney to proceed with probate and Quiet Title proceedings.
Contact Us for a Quote
Looking for A Better Way to find missing heirs? Get in touch with us today and we will provide a free quote based on the scope of your search.