Background Search

If you are looking to verify the credibility of a person to help you decide whether you employ that person, continue or start business or relationship with them, these searches will help you make an informed decision.

  • Residential Address

  • Phone Location

  • Rental Information

  • Property Ownership

  • Company Ownership (Directorship Search)

  • Bankruptcy Check

  • Personal Properties Securities Search (PPSR Search)

  • Social Media Search

  • Court History Search – court listing appearances.


Investigators in Australia are limited by Privacy laws in relation to access of information. It is not possible to access the following information:  

  • Government databases such as Medicare, Centrelink and Motor Vehicle Registries

  • Registration Checks on number plates – only accessed by police

  • Criminal Background Search – only available with a signed consent form from the person of interest

  • Bank Account Details – including bank balances and transactional information

  • Australian Taxation Office – personal tax returns or private company tax returns

  • Immigration Status, History or Records

  • Flight or Hotel records

  • Trust Names that property may be owned through

  • Street cameras operated by Government or large organisations.

LG Stirling specialises in background searches to help you obtain information to enable you to make quality decisions. Click here to enquire.

Our background searches cover: 

  • If you have a first and last name it is possible to find or locate a persons place of residence. Our research techniques for this search are desktop only using unique databases only accessible to private investigators. We use leads from the information we find to obtain the relevant information.

    Success rate depends on the type of person we are looking for and many factors come into play so each case is unique.

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  • If you can provide an active mobile number it is possible to get a location within 300 metres using nearby communication towers. The phone must be switched on and you can choose the time that we provide the location.

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  • If you have a name or an address we can check rental history and previous tenants of that property. Data comes from multiple databases only accessed by private investigators.

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  • If you have an address or a first and last name we are able to obtain the legal ownership records throughout Australia.

    If you are trying to establish if they own any property in Australia we are able to search state by state to identify any real estate owned under their name. This can also be done using company names. You may need to do Directorship Search first.

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  • This search will identify if they are a Director of any companies in Australia. The search can cover past and present directorships.

    The results can then be used to identify if any real estate is owned under a company name.

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  • The search checks the Bankruptcy Register to establish if someone is or has been in a personal insolvency proceeding such as bankruptcy.

    It searches the National Personal Insolvency Index, which includes bankruptcy, debt agreements and personal insolvency agreements.

    It does not include records on companies, only individuals.

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  • This search confirms if someone has registered a security interest over personal property such as cars, boats, caravans and houses.

    This search is particularly relevant to do before buying a car, property or lending money to someone.

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  • This search covers publicly available information over multiple social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Pinterest, WhatsApp, Telegram, Twitter, Youtube, Skype, Snapchat, TikTok, Flickr and online articles.

    It compiles everything into one easy to read report. All you need is some basic details of the person to complete.

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  • This search covers publicly available online articles in relation to the person. It also covers any current civil court matters in VIC and NSW.

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