{
  "id": "truepeoplesearch",
  "name": "TruePeopleSearch",
  "category": "people_search",
  "priority": "high",
  "jurisdictions": ["US"],
  "search": {
    "method": "url_pattern",
    "url": "https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/",
    "fetch": "browser",
    "antibot": "datadome",
    "match_signal": "result",
    "match_signal_notes": "SEO TRAP: the page title/H1/intro auto-inserts the query ('FREE public records found for {Name} in {City}') even with ZERO real matches. That templated echo is NOT a result. Record `found` ONLY on an actual result CARD corroborated by the subject's address or DOB; unrelated same-name cards in other states are namesakes. Ignore the title/intro/H1 text entirely.",
    "by": ["name", "phone", "address", "email"],
    "url_patterns": {
      "name": "https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/results?name={First%20Last}&citystatezip={City,%20ST}"
    },
    "url_format_quirks": [
      "Search results URL is QUERY-PARAM, not path: /results?name=Jane%20Public&citystatezip=Anytown,%20NY (space-encoded; comma between city and state). Confirmed as the canonical form the site's own search box generates.",
      "On-site search tabs: Name / Phone / Address / Email / Neighbors (so name-, phone-, address-, and email-searchable).",
      "HARD-BLOCKED for automated reads (2026-06-30): Cloudflare 'Just a moment...' interstitial -> DataDome device-check CAPTCHA (geo.captcha-delivery.com) on every results navigation. Page chrome (header/footer) may render while the result body stays blocked; submitting any search bounces to DataDome. web_extract/Firecrawl 504-timed out. Needs a residential-proxy/stealth browser (e.g. Browserbase) to scan; otherwise record 'blocked'."
    ]
  },
  "optout": {
    "tier": "T2",
    "method": "web_form",
    "url": "https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/removal",
    "requires": {
      "profile_url": false,
      "email_verification": true,
      "captcha": true,
      "gov_id": false,
      "account": false,
      "phone_callback": false,
      "payment": false
    },
    "inputs": ["full_name", "contact_email"],
    "notes": "Removal page renders even when results are blocked. Flow: name+email+captcha -> emailed link -> fill opt-out form matching the record -> confirmation ('allow 3 days'). Fields: dropdown 'Exercise my rights as a: The subject of the request / An authorized agent of the subject', First Name*, Middle Name, Last Name*, Email Address*, consent checkbox. CAPTCHA-gated: hCaptcha ('I am human'). Contact support@truepeoplesearch.com; PO Box 7775 PMB 29296, San Francisco CA 94120-7775. Verified read-only 2026-06-30; not submitted. (Record previously mis-declared email_verification:false.)",
    "est_processing_days": 3,
    "reappearance_risk": "high"
  },
  "last_verified": "2026-06-30",
  "source": "BADBOOL"
}