### **Testimony**
This record attests that **continuity integrity depends on preserved chain of custody** for all verification artifacts and continuity records resolved within the Life-Safety Continuity Library.
Chain of Custody is established by the following facts:
- Verification artifacts exist and are time-valid (Blocks 05 and 06 satisfied).
- Verification artifacts are traceable through **documented handling, transfer, storage, and access events**.
- Custody records preserve **who handled the artifact, when, and under what conditions**, without retroactive modification.
- Breaks, gaps, or ambiguity in custody are explicitly recorded as **custodial discontinuities**, not resolved by inference.
- Continuity claims retain authority only to the extent that custody is intact and documented.
This record makes **no claim** regarding:
– artifact correctness,
– fault attribution,
– remediation adequacy, or
– enforcement outcome.
It asserts only the **integrity of evidence handling**, which is the sole jurisdiction of Block 07.
Chain of Custody is determined by **traceability**, not by reputation, intent, or authority.
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### **Constitutional Notes**
– This testimony instantiates **Block 07 only**.
– It does not redefine any block.
– It does not permit assumption to replace custody.
– It inherits sequencing and non-rewrite guarantees automatically.
– Verification artifacts lacking intact custody may not be elevated by intelligence (Block 09).
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### **Block Mapping**
– Construction → Block 03
– Availability → Block 04
– Verification → Block 05
– Time Integrity → Block 06
– **Chain of Custody → Block 07 (this record)**
– Corrective Action remains uninstantiated here.
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### **Lock Statement**
Chain of Custody is now a matter of record.
This testimony is final.
It is frozen upon upload.
All future continuity instantiations inherit this custody requirement.
