Chain of custody

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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A process that tracks the movement of evidence through its collection, safeguarding, and analysis lifecycle by documenting each person who handled the evidence, the date/time it was collected or transferred, and the purpose for the transfer.

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Process92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Chain of custodies
possessive: Chain of custody's
pluralpossessive: Chain of custodies'

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