Personal Property Searches in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, NWT and PEI

What Is a Lien Search?

A Movable Property Lien Search (also called a Personal Property Lien Search) is an investigation into whether any financial claims or encumbrances have been registered against personal, movable property. This includes, but is not limited to:

• 🚗 Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, motorcycles, RVs, ATVs)
• 🛥️ Boats and watercraft
• 🚜 Farm equipment and machinery
• 🏗️ Construction equipment
• 🪑 Household goods or other pledged personal property
• 💼 Business assets and inventory

Why It Matters

If you buy or accept movable property that has a registered lien, you risk:

• ❌ Having the property repossessed
• 💸 Being financially liable for someone else’s loan
• ⚠️ Legal complications or contract disputes

Over 40% of used vehicles alone have active liens. This percentage is even higher with commercial or industrial equipment. That’s why a lien search is essential before any major purchase or transaction involving movable property.

Who Needs This Service?

Our lien search is ideal for:

• 🔹 Individuals buying used vehicles or boats
• 🔹 Dealerships, auction houses, and lenders
• 🔹 Farmers buying used equipment
• 🔹 Contractors acquiring machinery or tools
• 🔹 Private sellers wanting to prove clean ownership
• 🔹 Businesses merging or acquiring movable assets

What Our Search Includes

• ✅ Identification of any registered liens or encumbrances
• ✅ Names of secured parties (lenders)
• ✅ Amounts owing (if available)
• ✅ Property type and serial/VIN details
• ✅ Jurisdiction and lien registration date
• ✅ Maturity Date 

For movable property in these provinces, we can only search by  

• VIN number
• Serial Number 

Note:  We recommend also conducting a separate search on property by serial number to determine if it is listed as stolen.  We can do this search for you as part of a separate search and cost.   We would require the serial number. 

📄 How It Works

Purchase your search and complete the intake form.  

1. Submit completed form(s) to:
   📧 duncaninvestigations@mts.net
2. We process and retrieve records promptly.

⏱ Turnaround Time

• Immediate

💳 Payment Options

• 💸 E-Transfer: duncaninvestigations@mts.net
• 🔗 Secure payment link (available upon request)
• 💳 All major credit cards accepted

🏆 About Us

Osint Sleuth is a division of Duncan Investigations Inc.,  Duncan Investigations Inc., is the largest female-owned investigation business in Canada.   We are also an award-winning business; receiving awards for the Best Private Investigation Business in Canada from 2021 to 2025 by the Business Review Board.  We have an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and we are a licensed, bonded and insured business since 1989.