Delator Group · Tennessee Statewide · Investigative Services
Know the cost before
anyone takes the case.
Every Delator engagement is scoped and priced before fieldwork begins — a defined plan, a defined timeline, and a defined number. No manufactured hours. No retainer burning. Below is what our investigative work actually costs, plus an estimator you can run yourself.
The Short Version
What investigative
work costs.
These are planning figures. Case-based engagements are quoted at intake once scope is known — discovery volume, witness count, travel, urgency, and requested deliverables all move the number. Process serving is priced separately by county on the DFS rate finder.
Criminal Defense Investigations
Case-based engagementCase-based engagement fee determined at intake.
Adjusted by discovery volume, witnesses, and strategic requirements.
Used for more complex or higher-exposure matters.
Structured to work within AOC engagement and billing processes.
Civil & Corporate
Engagement minimumsScope set by pleadings, discovery, witnesses, records, and litigation posture.
Billed in 20-hour increments ($2,000 per block) where case complexity makes a flat case fee impractical.
Applied wherever hourly billing is the appropriate structure.
Baseline report. Expanded review may require a custom scope.
Locate, Records & Assets
Flat & minimum-engagementDatabase and records work. Subject to available identifiers and permissible purpose.
Electronic research plus live investigator tracking in the field.
Additional success-triggered fees may apply based on documented asset identification — not recovery.
Identification and removal of personal information across data broker and open-source platforms.
Specialized Services
Unit-priced & starting-atTechnical surveillance countermeasures priced by area swept, or $800 per standard-sized vehicle.
Compliance, risk, fraud risk, emergency preparedness, and active shooter risk audits. Expands variably with facility size and scope.
Institutional and facility abuse matters, including correctional and long-term care settings.
Crypto, elder-targeted, and general fraud schemes. Includes transaction and digital tracing work.
Build an Estimate
Price your matter
in about a minute.
Pick your service, set the details, and add anything else you need. Every figure below is drawn from the published rates above — nothing here is a guess.
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Excludes applicable tax and administrative fees. This is a planning estimate, not a quote — your final engagement figure is set in writing at intake.
Get a Firm QuoteWhat these figures do and don't include
- Tax and administrative fees are not included in any figure shown on this page or produced by the estimator.
- These are planning figures, not quotes. Final pricing depends on location, urgency, document readiness, case complexity, discovery volume, witness count, safety considerations, requested deliverables, and other case-specific requirements.
- Figures marked with a plus sign or "minimum" are starting points. The engagement fee is set at intake once scope is known.
- Asset investigations may carry additional success-triggered fees based on documented asset identification — not recovery.
- Travel, expedited handling, and out-of-state coordination may be billed in addition to the figures shown.
- Service of process is priced separately by county and service level. See the DFS rate finder for those rates.
A real number,
in writing.
Tell us what's happening and we'll tell you plainly whether an investigation makes sense, what it would involve, and what it costs — before you commit to anything.