It was a former boss, he quit his job and moved out of his house and he still owes me 1500 dollars for a loan for a house downpayment. I had the foresight to get it all in writing, but the small claims court wont let me file until i have an address and a social security number which i dont have.
2006-08-06 19:05:00 · 4 answers · asked by kevano51 2 in Local Businesses ➔ United States ➔ Other - US Local Businesses
You can go to the post office and pay a $1 and find out if he left a mail forwarding address. That is the first step.
I don't understand why your small claims court won't accept a suit. Just list the previous address. You won't be able to serve him but it preserves your rights until you do find an address.
The social security number shouldn't even be an issue at this point. Especially in this day and age with all of the identity theft. You shouldn't have to go track someone's social security number down which isn't available to the public to begin with in order to assert your claim.
That sounds like a clerk that didn't want to deal with you. I would ask to speak to a supervisor or the clerk of court his/herself.
Absent the post office information, and no access to any other database, then the next best thing is to question his friends and neighbors. Eventually, someone will know where he is at or they will get word back to him that you are looking for him and he'll contact you or he'll screw up and leave a trail.
2006-08-07 03:17:42 · answer #1 · answered by Sam B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's another thing you might try. You said your money was to help on a downpayment, so that must mean either your boss was trying to buy a home, or he did in fact buy a home, and that he either sold it or it was foreclosed, or he lied to you about the downpayment in the first place. I don't know. I would go at least try the County Recorder's Office and search property deeds - if you live in a progressive area, there are often public access computers you can sit down at and some counties have them on the internet. I would enter the boss's name and see if he is also the owner of other properties, or if you can locate the property he moved out of, it may indicate another co-owner's name and that would give you one more person to add to your tracking list. The Assessor's office, when one looks up the boss's name, would also list 'other' properties that he owns or co-owns. He may have a business license for something you didn't know about, so check name over there in business permits. Some of these are also on line. Your boss may have a history of being a defendant in civil court, so these are public access files. If he has such a file, then by leafing through it, it might give you leads as to associated addresses he's uses or used, or other information that could provide you with a lead. That information will be with the court clerk's office.
2006-08-07 11:11:40 · answer #2 · answered by nothing 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check if he's still staying in the neighborhood....check with the neighbors / fam / friends if any one knows his where about . For the value of the money borrowed ...better don't involve any detectives.....later it'll cost more...not Worthy..........
The best thing , you may put a Little ad on the papers....looking for MR XXXXX........
Meanwhile , just check around & am sure you'll succeed.....gd luck
2006-08-07 02:26:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a private eye and expect to spend more than you get back, courts don't c`are if it's fair or do their job, they just do what they think they can get away with doing and not get thrown out for doing nothing
2006-08-07 02:09:50 · answer #4 · answered by whiteknight3273 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋