# Legal Question for the dopers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-for-the-dopers/608563>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 5, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-for-the-dopers/608563 "2012-01-05T23:13:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-for-the-dopers/608563/1 "2012-01-05T23:13:50Z")

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Does anyone have an experience with private investigators or know anyone who is?

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**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-for-the-dopers/608563/2 "2012-01-05T23:22:48Z")

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Yes. I’ve hired a couple throughout the years.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-for-the-dopers/608563/3 "2012-01-05T23:44:57Z")

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> [@LurkerInNJ](#):
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> Yes. I’ve hired a couple throughout the years.

Some how that seems to fit with your name. 😉

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-for-the-dopers/608563/4 "2012-01-06T00:23:51Z")

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Used to work for one.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-for-the-dopers/608563/5 "2012-01-06T00:50:05Z")

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> [@slm2955](#):
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> Does anyone have an experience with private investigators or know anyone who is?

Why?

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**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-for-the-dopers/608563/6 "2012-01-06T00:53:22Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Why?

I’m having issues with a cyber-stalker and I wanna see his FACE and know why he is so invested in my life… It’s annoying. At first I shrugged it off cause I didn’t really care but now he’s pretending to be me online and I have a problem!