When to Use a Manual Sweep

➕ Just added a debtor
Get your baseline results immediately instead of waiting for the next automated scan.
✉️ Received a tip or legal notice
A creditor tip, court notice, or your own intel suggests the debtor has acted — confirm it now.
✏️ Edited debtor details
You updated the debtor's state or name and want results from the new parameters immediately.
⚡ Time-sensitive situation
You're about to file a motion or speak with your attorney and need the most current data.

How to Run a Manual Sweep

  1. Open the debtor's report
    From your debtor list, click the debtor's name or "View Report" to open their monitoring report page.
  2. Click "Run Sweep" or the sweep button
    Look for the "Run Sweep" button near the top of the debtor report. It may appear as a button with a radar or refresh icon. If the button is grayed out, the debtor is either paused or in a cooldown period (see below).
  3. Enter your security PIN
    Manual sweeps require your 6-digit PIN. This prevents accidental triggering and protects sweep resources from unauthorized use.
  4. Wait for the sweep to complete
    Most manual sweeps complete in 2–5 minutes. A progress indicator on the report page shows that the sweep is running. The page updates automatically when results are in — you don't need to refresh manually.
  5. Review the updated results
    New findings appear as fresh alert cards in the relevant sections (Property, Court Records, Business Entities, etc.). If no new results were found, the report shows the last sweep timestamp with no new alerts.

A Manual Sweep Runs the Same Pipeline

A manual sweep is not a lighter check or a spot-search. It runs the identical pipeline: property records, court records, business entity records, FAA, USCG, and bankruptcy — all sources, all at once. The only difference from the continuous monitoring engine is that you triggered it on demand for an immediate result right now.

Results from a manual sweep are stored in your alert history exactly like results from a continuous monitoring scan. They also count toward deduplication — items found in a manual sweep won't appear again as "new" in the next automated scan.

Cooldown Period

To prevent API overload and respect rate limits on data sources, manual sweeps have a cooldown period between consecutive triggers. If the sweep button is disabled, hover over it to see when the next manual sweep is available. Continuous background monitoring always runs regardless of cooldown.

Limitations

  • Paused debtors cannot be swept. Resume monitoring first, then trigger the manual sweep.
  • Cooldown applies between manual sweeps. You cannot chain back-to-back manual sweeps without waiting for the cooldown window.
  • Manual sweeps do not skip the PIN gate. Every manual sweep trigger requires PIN confirmation — this is intentional and cannot be disabled.
  • Public record latency still applies. Running a manual sweep immediately after a debtor records a property deed won't help if the county hasn't yet indexed that deed into their public database. Sweep freshness is bounded by the underlying source's update cadence.

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