Relationships Related Term:  custodial history custody n. ~ 1. Records · The succession of offices or persons who have held materials from the moment they were created. - 2. Law · The succession of of [..]

Sequence of responsibility for a substance from the manufacturer to the distributor, to the user, or to the person(s) ultimately responsible for waste disposal. This term is also used in controlled tr [..]

A legal principle regarding the validity and integrity of evidence. It requires accountability for anything that will be used as evidence in a legal proceeding to ensure that it can be accounted for f [..]

Chain of Custody is the important application of the Federal rules of evidence and its handling.

Legal document created when a piece of evidence is obtained that records the movement, location, handling and/or testing of the evidence from the time it is collected until the evidence is used in a legal proceeding and/or until it is no longer needed and is discarded or destroyed

See: custody.

 Refers to the chronological documentation or paper trail, showing the receipt, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of physical or electronic documents.

a procedure that tracks a product from the point of harvest or extraction to its end use, including all successive stages of processing, transformation, manufacturing, and distribution

a wood flow accounting system applied by an enterprise to trace the flow of wood from certified forests or non-certified forests to the end product. Chemical – Sulphite Pulp

Chain of custody is a process that must be followed for evidence to be legally defensible (acceptable to courts and government agencies). It involves these main elements:

The process of tracking materials used within a manufacturing facility so that the source of raw materials used to make specific end products can be identified. Commonly applied in the context of use of certified fibre supplies.

A record of each person involved in the handling and possession of a sample from the person who collected the sample to the person who analyzed the sample in the laboratory and to the person who witne [..]

  The procedure used to document the handling of the urine specimen from the time the employee gives the specimen to the collector until the specimen is destroyed. This procedure uses the Federal Drug [..]

The process used to maintain and document the chronological history of the evidence. Documents record the individual who collects the evidence and each person or agency that subsequently takes custody [..]

The procedure used to document the handling of the urine specimen from the time the employee gives the specimen to the collector until the specimen is destroyed. This procedure uses the Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Form (CCF).

Is the concept that applies to the documentation, custody, control, and handling of evidence in order to preserve its integrity.

A method and record used for documenting the history and sequential possession of a sample from the time of collection or generation through analysis and data reporting. This term is also used in cont [..]

A key concept in forensics whereby the custody and provenance of digital hardware, media and files are safeguarded through, for example, the appointment of evidence custodians. The purpose of the Digital Evidence Bag (DEB) is to hold digitally, along with the evidential digital objects, provenance metadata that can be updated as required: a concept [..]

Refers to the chronological documentation, and/or paper trail, showing the seizure, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of evidence, physical or electronic. Because evidence can be used in court to convict persons of crimes, it must be handled in a scrupulously careful manner to avoid later allegations of tampering or misconduct w [..]

Iron Mountain's internal process management approach which continually tracks the movement of media from the customer site to our vehicles, from our vehicles in to our vaults, and back to the Customer as required. Chain of Custody is monitored through a combination of documented and auditable computer based and manual steps.

The transportation process of a doping control sample, from the provision of the sample until the sample has been received by the laboratory for analysis, documenting the sequence of individuals or organisations responsible for its custody. View the anti-doping testing procedures.