Private Investigator Rates - Investigation Costs - Private Detective Fees
How much does a UK Private Investigator charge? Please see below for the various fees for all sectors of Legal, Private or Commercial Investigations including tracing, court document servers, surveillance and fraud investigation.
Intime Investigations are always happy to give a clear quotation based on a clients specific case requirements. We always recommend potential clients make time to speak with us, this allows us to better appreciate the situation, as all private investigations can be very different, we can then give you an informed indication of expenditure and the timescale involved and agree a clear budget.
Intime Investigations staff are always sensitive to the client’s circumstances and will only offer services we believe will help resolve the situation.
The Unique Nature of Private Investigations
Since every investigation is essentially unique and because of the delicate nature of the work we carry out, before commencement of any assignment we suggest you call and speak with us.
We find by talking through the outline of your current circumstances in total confidence and asking just a few non-intrusive questions, we become fully able to comprehend your specific requirements. This will also enable you to get to know how we work and for us to give a clear plan of action, costs, turn around time – and to decide whether you wish to instruct us to proceed.
Payment options
Payment to Intime Investigations is acceptable in most forms.
The following payment forms are accepted:
Cheque:
Intime Investigations will only commence work when the cheque has cleared
Cash:
All cash payments will be fully receipted and documented by Intime Investigations.
Bank Transfer:
Intime Investigations are happy to provide our banking details including SWIFT and IBAN codes. When sending a remittance from outside the UK, please ensure all bank charges are pre-paid
Private Investigation Costs
- Surveillance Services rate - Per Agent: Ā£45.00 - Ā£55.00 per hour (dependent on assignment - minimum hours apply)
- Process Serving - From Ā£95.00 - Ā£145.00 (Fixed fee which now includes 1-3 attempts of service, a statement of service and return delivery.
- Court Document Collection - Ā£50.00 - Fixed Fee - Arrange collection from any court or offices within the UK
- Trace and Serve - From Ā£190.00
- Tracing & People Search - From Ā£95.00 (depending on circumstances)
- *No Trace No Fee - From Ā£95.00 (We may require all of following to proceed on a no trace no fee basis)
- Full name
- Full DOB
- Full last residential address (max 5 years)
- Background Checks - From Ā£285.00
- Enquiry Agent services - From Ā£145.00
- Consultancy/Meeting Rate: Ā£125.00 per hour
- GPS Vehicle Tracking (including deployment, monitoring and removal)
- Ā£550.00 - (7 days)
- Ā£700.00 - (14 days)
- Ā£900.00 - (28 days)
- Fraud Investigation - Please Call
- Counter Surveillance - TSCM - From Ā£550.00
We offer excellent agent to agent rates to other Private Investigation or Tracing agencies, please call to discuss the various options available.
All prices above are exclusive of VAT which will be charged at the current rate of 20%
Our no trace no fee service is only available for UK based searches and not International searches,Ā please call or email for traces outside of the UK.
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