Specialized Investigations in Colorado, Built Around a Single Question

01Why it matters

Why Specialized Investigations in Colorado Produce Better Evidence

An instruction to look into someone tends to consume hours without a clear end. A defined line forces the right questions at intake: which Colorado statute or rule controls the evidence, which court will see it, and what a finished report must show. A hotel case, for example, turns on where an investigator may lawfully stand, so our hotel surveillance in Colorado is planned around lobbies, parking areas and public sidewalks rather than guest corridors.

Narrow lines also keep costs honest. Each one carries a known pricing basis, so a client knows before work starts whether the matter is hourly, a set remote price or a published case minimum. Someone worried about being followed needs a different plan, and a different price, from a landlord vetting an applicant, which is why stalking investigations and rental applicant screening sit on separate pages with separate scopes.

02How the lines are organized

Fourteen Categories, Sixty-Three Lines

The 63 lines fall into fourteen categories: infidelity, surveillance, background checks, privacy, corporate, criminal defense, employment, audits, locates, sensitive matters, theft, abuse, vehicles and scams. Most clients start with one line and add a second when the facts call for it. A harassment complaint at work can lead to a workplace sexual harassment inquiry and later to background research on the people involved.

Locates make up one of the busiest categories in Colorado because people move often along the Front Range and between mountain towns with the seasons. When an adult relative stops answering calls, our missing person searches in Colorado work alongside the police report. Local law enforcement must be notified before the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's Missing Persons Unit can become involved, so we ask families to file that report first and then add records research and field inquiries.

Some categories exist because of what happens after a problem is found. A company that uncovers misconduct by a manager may need the facts, then help containing the damage, then a careful public statement. Those are three separate lines, priced separately, and each of the 63 cards below shows its own scope before you commit to anything. You can stop after the first line if the facts answer the question.

03Colorado law

How Colorado Law Shapes Each Specialized Line

Colorado statutes draw the lines our investigators work within. Colorado is a one-party consent state, so a person may generally record their own conversation, but recording conversations you are not part of can be a class 2 misdemeanor. Stalking under C.R.S. § 18-3-602 includes repeatedly placing a person under surveillance in a way that causes serious distress. Harassment under C.R.S. § 18-9-111(1)(e) reaches threatening texts and social media posts, which is the backbone of our cyberbullying investigations in Colorado.

Records access is good in Colorado. The Colorado Open Records Act opens public records to any person, with no residency requirement, and presumes a response in three working days, extendable by up to seven more for broad requests. Copies cost up to 25 cents a page, and the first hour of research is free. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation offers a name-based search of Colorado criminal history online, which is one input to our employee background checks in Colorado, never the only one.

Privacy law matters too. The Colorado Privacy Act applies to larger businesses that process data of 100,000 or more Colorado consumers a year or profit from selling data on 25,000 or more, and it is enforced by the attorney general and district attorneys. We use lawful, permissible-purpose sources on every line. Clients who want to know what they may record themselves can read our guide to Colorado's recording law.

04Families and individuals

Lines Built for Families, Older Adults and Individuals

Elder exploitation is one of the most urgent categories we handle. Colorado defines an at-risk elder as someone 70 or older, and C.R.S. § 18-6.5-108 requires listed professionals, from health care providers to certain bank staff, to report suspected mistreatment to law enforcement within 24 hours. Families who suspect a caregiver, a new friend or a phone caller start with our elder scam investigations, and AARP ElderWatch Colorado runs a hotline with the attorney general at 1-800-222-4444, option 2.

Cryptocurrency fraud often reaches victims through a kiosk. Under Colorado's Vending of Digital Assets Act, effective January 1, 2026, kiosk operators generally limit a new customer to $2,000 a day and an existing customer to $10,500, and a new customer who reports fraud within 60 days can recover a first transaction sent outside the country. Our crypto scam tracing for Colorado victims documents the wallet trail for police, the operator and counsel.

When the concern is a parent or grandparent in a care facility, complaints go to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Health Facilities Division at 303-692-2442. Our nursing home abuse investigations gather records, visitor accounts and staffing facts that support that complaint or a civil claim, starting at $1,500. We keep the family informed at each step and never contact facility staff in a way that could compromise a regulatory or police inquiry.

05Businesses

Specialized Lines for Colorado Employers and Owners

Colorado's economy produces its own case mix. Oil and gas operations in Weld County, construction across the growing Front Range suburbs and ski-area operations in the mountains all depend on expensive equipment that is easy to move and hard to trace. Our stolen equipment investigations work serial numbers, sale listings, transport records and witnesses, and coordinate with the agency that took the theft report.

Prevention costs less than recovery. A fraud risk audit for Colorado businesses tests the controls around billing, payroll and vendor payments, starting at $1,200, and ends with a ranked list of fixes. When money is already missing and a staff member is suspected, an employee theft inquiry documents the loss and the evidence in a form a prosecutor or a civil attorney can use.

Technology and defense contractors along the Front Range face a different risk: the quiet loss of trade secrets, pricing or client lists. Our corporate espionage investigations in Colorado look at who had access, what left the building and where it went. We work with company counsel from the first call so privilege questions are handled before any interview is scheduled.

06Defense and litigation

Defense and Litigation Lines in Colorado Courts

Colorado's impaired-driving statute, C.R.S. § 42-4-1301, distinguishes DUI from DWAI, which requires impairment only to the slightest degree. A blood alcohol content of 0.08 or more within two hours of driving is DUI per se, and 5 ng/mL or more of delta-9 THC in whole blood permits an inference of drug impairment. Our Colorado DUI defense investigations examine the stop, the testing timeline and the witnesses, starting at $750.

DUI becomes a class 4 felony after three or more prior qualifying convictions, and other felony charges carry their own exposure. Our felony defense investigations in Colorado start at $1,000 for one charge and $1,500 for multiple charges or enhanced exposure. Civil litigators use other lines, including wrongful death investigations that rebuild what happened and who was responsible, under a $1,000 civil litigation minimum.

07Across the state

Specialized Work on the Plains, the Slope and the Ranches

Rural Colorado brings matters that rarely appear in a city. A property claim on a ranch in Routt County, a hay-barn fire on the Eastern Plains or a disputed injury at a Western Slope orchard all need an investigator who plans for distance and limited cell coverage. Our insurance claim surveillance in Colorado builds those trips into the written quote instead of billing them as a surprise.

Long rural highways also produce hit-and-run cases with few witnesses and little camera coverage. Our hit-and-run driver locates start with the crash report and canvass gas stations, ranch neighbors and businesses along the route. Southern Colorado matters, from Pueblo to Trinidad, are coordinated through our Pueblo investigators, while Western Slope lines are scoped as separate trips from the Front Range.

All 63 services

Every specialized investigation offered in Colorado

Each card opens a page that explains how that line runs under Colorado statutes and court rules and across Colorado terrain, from the Front Range suburbs to the San Luis Valley. The same pricing rules apply to all of them: $100 per hour for field work, a published minimum where the line has one, set prices for remote records work, and a written quote before an investigator is assigned.

Infidelity

• Married infidelity investigationsDocuments a suspected affair from public places for a Colorado family law attorney, where no-fault divorce shifts the focus to parenting time and marital assets.
• Unmarried partner infidelityGives Colorado couples who share a lease, a home or a child verified facts about a partner's conduct before they decide what comes next.
• Out-of-state infidelityKeeps one written scope and one continuous log when a spouse travels from Colorado into Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Kansas or Nebraska.
• Workplace infidelityExamines a relationship between coworkers that raises favoritism, harassment exposure or conflict-of-interest concerns for a spouse or a Colorado employer.

Surveillance

• Workplace surveillanceLawful observation of after-hours access, loading-dock activity or company-vehicle misuse on a Colorado employer's own premises.
• Out-of-state surveillanceContinues a surveillance chronology without a gap when the subject drives north on I-25 into Wyoming or west on I-70 toward Utah.
• Hotel surveillanceDocuments arrivals, departures and meetings at Denver hotels and mountain resort lodging from public areas, never from guest floors or rooms.
• Employee surveillanceOff-site activity checks on an employee suspected of moonlighting or misusing leave, kept within Colorado's harassment and stalking limits.
• Workers' comp surveillancePublic-view activity documentation for adjusters and defense counsel; Colorado treats workers' comp fraud as a class 6 felony with forfeiture of benefits.
• Insurance claim surveillanceLiability, disability and property claim surveillance that supports the anti-fraud plans Colorado insurers must keep under C.R.S. § 10-1-128.

Background checks

• Employee background checksRecords-based screening of a Colorado job candidate's court history, identity and work claims, starting at $102 for a basic check.
• Dating background checksConfirms that a partner met online is who they say they are, checking identity, court records and marriage history from $102.
• Business partner background checksReviews a prospective Colorado partner's lawsuits, judgments, liens and earlier companies before money or equity changes hands.
• Executive hire screeningDeep-dive screening of a senior candidate's career claims, board roles, litigation and public reputation, $300 when done remotely.
• Jury pool researchPublic-record research on prospective jurors for Colorado trial counsel, within the limits the court sets and with no contact with jurors.
• Witness background checksResearches a witness's background, prior statements and credibility problems before a Colorado deposition, hearing or trial.
• Tenant screeningChecks an applicant's eviction history, identity and court records so a Colorado landlord can avoid a 10-day notice and an FED case later.

Privacy

• Personal information OSINT wipeFinds where your personal details are exposed online and works to remove them, for $900, often after harassment or a public dispute.

Corporate

• M&A due diligenceExamines a Colorado acquisition target's owners, litigation, liens and reputation before closing, starting with a $300 due diligence report.
• Corporate espionageInvestigates suspected theft of trade secrets or client lists by insiders or competitors at Colorado technology, energy and defense contractors.
• Employee theftDocuments cash, inventory or time theft by a known employee and assembles evidence a Colorado employer can take to counsel or police.
• Workplace theftWorks an unsolved theft from a workplace through access records, interviews and lawful observation until a suspect emerges.
• Corporate malfeasanceExamines misconduct by officers or managers, from self-dealing to falsified records, for the boards and counsel of Colorado companies.
• Malfeasance damage mitigationHelps a Colorado company contain the damage after misconduct surfaces, from preserving evidence to closing the gaps that allowed it.
• Malfeasance press releasesPrepares factual public statements after confirmed corporate misconduct, written with counsel so nothing outruns the evidence.
• Corporate collusionInvestigates suspected bid-rigging, kickbacks or vendor collusion affecting Colorado contracts, purchasing and procurement.
• Acquisition riskAssesses the people and legal exposure behind a Colorado deal, from undisclosed lawsuits to principals' past ventures.
• Real estate riskResearches sellers, title history, liens and neighborhood issues before a Colorado commercial or residential purchase.
• General risk managementOngoing risk reviews for Colorado organizations covering insiders, vendors, facilities and reputational exposure.

Criminal defense

• DUI defenseTests the facts behind a Colorado DUI or DWAI charge, including the 0.08 per se standard and the 5 ng/mL THC inference, from $750.
• Misdemeanor defenseWitness interviews, scene photographs and records work for misdemeanor cases in Colorado county courts, starting at $750.
• Felony defenseScene work, witness interviews and timeline analysis for one felony charge from $1,000, or $1,500 for multiple charges.
• Appointed counsel defense supportInvestigative support for court-appointed defense attorneys in Colorado, scoped in writing to the approval counsel obtains.

Employment

• Wrongful terminationGathers witness accounts, records and timelines for a Colorado employee or employer disputing why a job ended.
• Workplace sexual harassmentIndependent, documented harassment inquiries for Colorado employers and their counsel, with neutral interview summaries.
• Wrongful deathReconstructs the facts behind a Colorado death claim, from witnesses and scene records to the defendant's history.

Audits

• Compliance auditChecks a Colorado organization's practices against its own policies and the rules that apply, including the Colorado Privacy Act, from $1,200.
• Risk auditIdentifies operational, insider and security risks at a Colorado business and ranks them in a written report, from $1,200.
• Emergency preparedness auditReviews plans for wildfire, winter storms, power loss and other emergencies at Colorado facilities, from $1,200.
• Active shooter risk auditAssesses a Colorado facility's access control, alerting and response planning for an active threat, from $1,200.
• Fraud risk auditTests the controls that should catch billing, payroll and vendor fraud before a Colorado business loses money, from $1,200.

Locates

• Missing person searchesAdds records research and field inquiries to a police report; CBI's Missing Persons Unit acts only after local police are notified.
• Evasive person locatesFinds a person who is avoiding service, a judgment or contact, from a $102 database trace to a $1,000 field locate.
• Missing child supportSupports parents and counsel alongside law enforcement when a child is missing or has been taken in violation of a Colorado order.
• Missing family memberSearches for an adult relative who has stopped answering, working with police and Colorado's missing-person resources.
• Debtor skip tracingLocates judgment debtors, their addresses and employers so Colorado creditors and counsel can enforce a judgment.
• Lost contact searchesReconnects people with old friends, relatives or heirs through lawful records research, usually beginning at $102.
• Hit-and-run driver locatesIdentifies the driver or vehicle in a Colorado hit-and-run through witnesses, cameras and records for victims and insurers.

Sensitive matters

• Drug overdose death investigationsAn independent inquiry into the circumstances of an overdose death for Colorado families and their attorneys.
• StalkingDocuments a stalking pattern for a victim and counsel; stalking is a felony under C.R.S. § 18-3-602.
• CyberbullyingPreserves and traces harassing texts and social media posts, which C.R.S. § 18-9-111(1)(e) treats as harassment.
• Independent death investigationsAn independent review of a death ruled a suicide, for families who need the facts examined again with care.

Theft

• Stolen carTraces a stolen vehicle through records, sale listings and witnesses, working alongside the police report.
• Stolen assetsFollows stolen money, jewelry, art or other property through sales, transfers and records for Colorado owners and insurers.
• Stolen equipmentDevelops leads on stolen oilfield, construction, ranch and ski-area equipment across Colorado counties.

Abuse

• Correctional facility abuseInvestigates alleged mistreatment in Colorado jails and prisons for families and civil rights counsel, from $1,500.
• Nursing home abuseInvestigates suspected nursing home abuse or neglect; Colorado requires listed professionals to report mistreatment of elders 70 and older within 24 hours.

Vehicles

• Auto shop damageDocuments damage done to a vehicle while it was in a Colorado repair shop's care, with photographs and repair records.
• Auto repair scamsInvestigates unnecessary or unperformed repairs and inflated invoices at Colorado repair shops.
• Car dealer scamsLooks into dealer misrepresentations, hidden damage, title problems and financing tricks in Colorado vehicle sales.

Scams

• Crypto scamsTraces cryptocurrency sent to an investment or romance scammer, including kiosk payments now limited under Colorado's 2026 kiosk law, from $2,000.
• Elder scamsInvestigates financial exploitation of an older Colorado resident and points families to AARP ElderWatch Colorado, from $2,000.
• Scam investigationsRomance, rental, contractor and online purchase scams against Colorado residents and businesses, starting at $2,000.

Services

Most Requested Specialized Services in Colorado

• Married infidelityDated photographs and a neutral chronology documenting a suspected affair, prepared for a Colorado family law attorney focused on parenting time and property.Learn more
• Workers' comp surveillancePublic-view activity checks for adjusters and defense counsel, documented with dated photographs to support a hearing on a Colorado workers' compensation claim.Learn more
• Employee background checksCourt, identity and employment verification for Colorado employers, from a $102 basic check to a $300 deep-dive report on a key hire.Learn more
• Evasive person locatesFinding a defendant, debtor or witness who is avoiding contact, from a $102 database trace to a $1,000 field locate across Colorado.Learn more
• Felony defenseWitness interviews, scene documentation and timeline work for defense counsel in Colorado district court, from $1,000 for a single charge.Learn more
• Elder scamsInvestigating exploitation of a Colorado resident 70 or older, from romance and phone scams to a caregiver draining accounts, starting at $2,000.Learn more
• Corporate espionageTracing leaked trade secrets, pricing or client lists at Colorado companies, working closely with company counsel from the very first call.Learn more
• Nursing home abuseRecords, visitor accounts and staffing facts on suspected abuse or neglect of a resident in a Colorado care facility, starting at $1,500.Learn more
• Hotel surveillanceLawful observation from public areas of Denver hotels and mountain resort lodging, documented with dated photographs and a written log.Learn more

How it works

How a Specialized Colorado Engagement Runs

1. 01

   Describe the problem

   Tell us what happened, where in Colorado and what decision or deadline you face. Leadership names the matching line, or the two lines that work best together.

2. 02

   Receive a written quote

   The written quote states the method, the expected hours or set price, any case minimum, and any travel to mountain, plains or Western Slope counties.

3. 03

   Investigation

   A vetted investigator carries out the work within Colorado's recording, stalking, harassment and trespass limits, while Delator leadership reviews progress against the approved scope as the work proceeds.

4. 04

   Report and next steps

   You receive a dated report built for the likely audience, whether a judge, a claims examiner, a board or the police, with a clear statement of what was and was not found.

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Specialized Categories and Their Colorado Pricing Basis

Statewide coverage

Specialized Work Across Colorado's Cities

These specialized investigations in Colorado go wherever the case leads, whether that is a suburban office park or a ranch road. University-town matters, from roommate thefts to online harassment, often start with our Boulder investigators, and south-metro corporate files with the Centennial investigation page. Northern Colorado lines run through our Loveland investigator coverage, and Jefferson County work through the Arvada investigation page. Every line is available in all 64 counties, and travel outside the Front Range is quoted in writing before the trip.

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Investigations available in Colorado

Every service below is available in Colorado and across Colorado, run by the same Delator Group leadership that manages our Tennessee casework. Choose a service to read how it works in Colorado.

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