🔎 Skip Trace — Name, Address & Phone People Lookup

⚡ Use this Actor in n8n — no code

Building no-code workflows in n8n? Install our official community node and drop this Actor straight onto your canvas:

📦 n8n-nodes-apivault-skip-trace

Setup (30 seconds): in n8n go to Settings → Community Nodes → Install, paste n8n-nodes-apivault-skip-trace and confirm → add the new node to your workflow → paste your Apify API token → fill in the input and run.

Locate hard-to-find people across the United States. Search by name, address, or phone number and get one clean, merged contact record per person — full name, aliases, current & previous addresses, phone numbers, emails, relatives, and (when available) date of birth, job title, education and a profile link. Bulk input, no API key, pay only for matches.

🧭 Built for skip tracers, real-estate wholesalers, process servers, debt recovery, B2B lead enrichment, and corporate due diligence.

⭐ Rated 5.0★ by daily power users. If Skip Trace saves you time, please take 10 seconds to leave a review → — it helps other professionals find it and keeps us improving coverage. Thank you! 🙏

⚖️ Lawful business use only. This Actor only returns information that is already publicly available, and it is not a consumer reporting agency (the data is not a "consumer report" and must not be used for FCRA decisions). You are solely responsible for how you use the results, and you are fully liable for any unlawful use (stalking, harassment, doxxing, fraud, discrimination, etc.). Read the Legal & Acceptable Use terms — by running this Actor you agree to them.

📌 All names, addresses, phone numbers and emails shown in this documentation are fictional examples for illustration only and do not refer to any real person.

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🖼️ What a result looks like

One dataset record per matched person. (Illustrative example — fictional data.)

Name	Age	Current address	Phones	Emails	Relatives
John A. Doe	54	123 Main St, Springfield, IL	(202) 555-0182 · +8 more	j.doe@example.com · +3	Jane Doe · Robert Roe · +3
Mary B. Sample	47	456 Oak Ave, Madison, WI	(202) 555-0147 · +9 more	—	Pat Sample · +4
Alex C. Public	61	742 Evergreen Ter, Portland, OR	(202) 555-0133 · +3	—	Chris Public

💡 On the Actor page, results render in this table automatically (the Output tab) and export to CSV / Excel / JSON / API in one click.

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⭐ Why this Skip Trace

🎯 Per-person accuracy	Relatives, aliases & address history belong to the right individual — never copied page-wide.
🧩 Multi-source coverage	Cross-references the richest public-records sources, with automatic fallback, so you get a complete record in one lookup.
⏱️ Real-time	Fresh data on every run — not a stale cached dump.
💸 Pay only for hits	Empty lookups are never charged. No subscription, no API key, no per-seat fees.
🔁 3 modes, bulk input	Name, address or reverse-phone — mix them all in a single run.

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⚡ Quick start

{
  "name": ["John Smith"],
  "max_results": 3
}

Run it — each matched person comes back as one record. That's it.

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✅ What you get per person

• 👤 Full name + aliases / name variants
• 🏠 Current and previous addresses
• 📞 Phone numbers
• ✉️ Emails (when available)
• 👪 Relatives / associates
• 🎂 Date of birth, job title, education & profile link (when the public record exposes them)

All for one flat price — $6.50 / 1,000 matched records. You only pay for matches.

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🔍 Three search modes

Mix all three in a single run. Each value in each array is one lookup.

1. By name — add ; City, ST ZIP to narrow results

{ "name": ["John Smith", "Jane Doe; Springfield, IL 62704"], "max_results": 3 }

2. By address — returns the people tied to an address (full records, not just names)

{ "street_citystatezip": ["123 Main St; Springfield, IL 62704"] }

3. By phone (reverse lookup) — returns the likely owner + their full contact record

{ "phone_number": ["(202) 555-0182"] }

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🎚️ Data coverage

Choose how hard the Actor looks with the source input:

Mode	source	What it does
Comprehensive (default)	auto	Searches the richest sources and returns the first complete match. Fast & thorough.
Maximum	merge	Cross-references several sources and merges them into one record per person — the fullest possible result (a bit slower).
Standard	default	Baseline source only.

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📤 Output (JSON)

Illustrative example — fictional data.

{
  "success": true,
  "searchOption": "Name Search",
  "name": "John A. Doe",
  "age": "54",
  "born": "1971-03-08",
  "currentAddress": "123 Main St, Springfield, IL 62704",
  "previousAddresses": ["456 Oak Ave, Madison, WI 53703"],
  "phones": ["(202) 555-0182", "(202) 555-0147"],
  "emails": ["j.doe@example.com"],
  "aliases": ["Johnny Doe"],
  "relatives": ["Jane Doe", "Robert Roe"],
  "jobTitle": "Operations Manager",
  "education": "State University",
  "linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/in/example-profile",
  "profileUrl": "https://...",
  "source": "public-records"
}

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⚙️ Input parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
name	array	—	Full names (optionally Name; City, ST ZIP)
street_citystatezip	array	—	Addresses to resolve to people
phone_number	array	—	Phone numbers for reverse lookup
source	enum	auto	Data coverage: auto (Comprehensive), merge (Maximum), default (Standard)
max_results	int	10	Matched people returned per input value (1–50)
maxRetries	int	2	Retries on a transient source response
timeout	int	25	Seconds per request

At least one of name, street_citystatezip, or phone_number is required.

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💰 Pricing

	Per result	Per 1,000
Result	$0.0065	$6.50

✔️ Pay-per-result — empty lookups are not charged. ✔️ No subscriptions, no API keys, no per-seat fees.

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💡 Use cases

🧾 Skip tracing	Locate debtors, defendants, beneficiaries, lost contacts
🏘️ Real-estate wholesaling	Reach the property owner behind an address
📨 Process serving	Find a current address for lawful service
💳 Debt recovery & collections	Locate account holders
🧠 B2B data enrichment	Append phones / addresses to a contact list
🔎 Due diligence & fraud	Verify identity, history and associates

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⭐ Found this useful?

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Thank you! 🙏

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⚖️ Legal & Acceptable Use

Please read this section carefully. By running this Actor you accept these terms in full. If you do not agree, do not use the Actor.

Bottom line: this is a neutral tool that retrieves already-public information. You — the user — decide what to search and how to use the results, so you alone are responsible and liable for that use. Any unlawful, harmful, harassing or otherwise prohibited use is solely your responsibility, and you agree to indemnify the operator against any resulting claims.

1. Public information only. This Actor returns information that is already publicly available through people-search and public-records sources. It performs no hacking, account access, or retrieval of private/protected data.

2. Not a Consumer Reporting Agency. This Actor and its operator are not a consumer reporting agency (CRA) as defined by the U.S. Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and the data is not a "consumer report." You may NOT use this Actor or its output, in whole or in part, to make decisions about a person's eligibility for:

• credit or loans,
• employment, hiring, promotion, or retention,
• housing, rental, or tenant screening,
• insurance, or
• any other purpose regulated by the FCRA.

3. You are the responsible party. You act as the data controller for every search you run. You are solely responsible for using the data lawfully and for complying with all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to the FCRA, the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and state privacy laws such as the CCPA/CPRA and similar statutes. You confirm you have a legitimate, lawful purpose for each lookup and the right to process the data you submit and receive.

4. Prohibited uses — your sole liability. You may not use this Actor to:

• stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or harm any person,
• "dox" or publicly expose an individual,
• discriminate against any person on the basis of a protected characteristic,
• engage in identity theft, fraud, or any unlawful surveillance, or
• violate any person's privacy rights or any platform's terms of service.

If you use the Actor or its output for any unlawful or prohibited purpose, you do so entirely at your own risk and are solely liable for the consequences. The operator does not monitor, endorse, or take part in your use of the results.

5. No affiliation. This Actor is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any people-search website, data provider, or any company whose name may appear in results.

6. Accuracy / "AS IS". Public-records data can be incomplete, outdated, or inaccurate, and records may belong to a different person with a similar name. Results are provided "AS IS," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy, completeness, or fitness for a particular purpose. Always independently verify before relying on any result.

7. Data-subject requests. Individuals who wish to remove their information should contact the original source website that publishes it; the operator of this Actor does not own, host, or control those records.

8. Limitation of liability & indemnification. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the operator is not liable for any damages arising from your use of this Actor, and you agree to defend, indemnify and hold the operator harmless from any and all claims, losses, fines, or liabilities — including reasonable legal fees — resulting from your use or misuse of the Actor or its output, or your breach of these terms or of any law.

If you are unsure whether your intended use is permitted, consult your own legal counsel before running this Actor.

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📝 Notes

• US coverage. Results depend on what the public sources expose.
• A US proxy is used; residential fallback kicks in automatically when needed.
• Records with no match are returned with "success": false and are not charged.
• Every run starts with a recordType: "notice" record, and every result carries a complianceNotice field restating the acceptable-use terms.