1. The record you submitted
The report should echo the owner name as it appears on your list, the property address, and your own record ID. If the ID is missing, a result can be attached to the wrong property. Locate Next’s live CRM export page says: “Your record IDs and custom columns stay with each contact.”
2. The people found
A search at an address can return the owner, relatives, past residents or tenants. Look for how each person relates to your record, including a name that matches the owner. See what a skip trace match proves.
On the live Locate Next pricing page, a search counts when “exactly one person returned has an owner’s name from your list and a valid phone or email,” and “Everyone else at the address is free to review.”
3. Phone numbers
Each number should stay with its own labels. A label might name a line type or a Do Not Call status. Read the label that is actually on the row. A status is information about the number at the time it was checked. It does not tell you the number belongs to the owner, and it does not decide what contact is allowed. The national registry rule is 47 CFR 64.1200(c)(2), including the liability safe harbor in that paragraph. See DNC scrubbing. On Locate Next, the live security page says: “Unanswered numbers stay Not checked.”
4. Emails and mailing addresses
Emails and mailing addresses are candidates in the same way as phones. The steps from a confirmed owner to a number are in how to find a property owner’s phone number. A mailing address on a skip trace is not the same field as the mailing address on the county tax roll. Compare the two. If they differ, treat that as a research test, not proof the owner lives somewhere else. The absentee owner checker runs that test on a list you already have.
5. Company details, when the owner is an LLC
If the owner of record is a company, the report may add the company name, number and status, and the people named on the filing with their roles. Those people are contacts the company listed, not proof of who owns it. Locate Next’s live LLC page says: “State filings list the people a company named. They don’t prove who owns or controls it, and we don’t claim they do.”
6. Rows with no result
A report should say why a row has no contact: no person found, a failed search, or a row held back. Locate Next’s CRM export page says every row it held back says why.
7. A reading checklist
- Is this the property and owner I searched?
- Which person matches the owner name, and is there more than one?
- For each number, what type or status is printed, and when was it checked?
- Does the skip trace mailing address agree with the county record?
- For a company, what does the filing show, and what does it not prove?
Common questions
What does a skip trace report include?
The record you searched, the people found, and their phone numbers, emails and mailing addresses, with whatever type or status labels the tool printed. Company owners may add state filing details.
Does a skip trace report prove who owns a property?
No. The county record of ownership is the source for that. A report shows people and contact candidates connected to a name and address.
Why does one address show several people?
A search at an address can return relatives, past residents or tenants as well as the owner. Pick the person whose name matches the owner of record.
What does a DNC status on a report mean?
It shows whether the number was registered when it was checked. It does not decide what contact is allowed. On Locate Next, unanswered numbers stay Not checked.
Why do some rows have no result?
No person was found, the search failed, or the row was held back. A report should say which. Locate Next’s export page says every held-back row says why.
Sources
- 47 CFR 64.1200, FCC telemarketing and do-not-call rules. Read October 22, 2026.
- Locate Next, pricing page. Read October 22, 2026.
- Locate Next, security and data sources page. Read October 22, 2026.
This page is general information, not legal advice.