Records retrieval services save money in multiple ways. For instance, each record retrieval takes, on average, 3 hours for creation, communication, and following up. With the average hourly salary of a paralegal ranging from $14.56 to $37.42, that’s at least $43.68 with the lowest hourly rate of pay for your paralegal to accomplish this task. Most records request fees are significantly lower.
Another way records retrieval services can save you money is by passing on the fees associated with records retrieval to your clients. Many states allow the records retrieval fees charged by outsourced retrieval businesses to be charged to the clients as part of the legal costs. Check your state’s laws to see if these fees can be passed on to the client. If so, the cost of outsourcing records retrieval for you and your firm is $0.
Lastly, using a records retrieval service is cost-efficient because your paralegals and other legal aids are able to spend their time working on new cases, instead of constantly following up on the old ones. Your staff can concentrate on helping you move forward while the records retrieval company stays on top of the records.