No jurisdiction becomes active on score alone · Universal Apex Protected L-9.0 · 2026-07-23

Jurisdiction Activation Gate

Activation is a governed transaction. A jurisdiction ranking is a discovery signal, not authorization to sell, hire, own IP, claim incentives, deploy infrastructure or raise capital.

Twelve required receipts

  1. Official-source snapshot and effective-date map
  2. Local legal perimeter memorandum
  3. Tax, permanent-establishment and indirect-tax memorandum
  4. Transfer-pricing and intercompany policy where relevant
  5. Privacy, data-flow, localization and transfer assessment
  6. Employment, worker-classification and payroll assessment
  7. AI-system and sector classification
  8. Sanctions, export-control, ownership and end-use screening
  9. Funding, procurement and assistance-interaction analysis
  10. Security, incident, records and resilience plan
  11. Insurance and contractual risk-allocation review
  12. Authorized board or executive approval with Chronicle receipt

Activation states

StatePermittedNot permitted
DiscoveryResearch and preliminary rankingExternal reliance or commitments
CandidateProfessional diligence and customer discoveryHiring, contracting, filing, tax claims or infrastructure deployment
Conditionally admittedActions expressly covered by current receiptsAny unreviewed function or material change
ActiveApproved functions within scope and expiryScope expansion without reactivation
SuspendedContainment, records and exit actionsNew commitments
Stop rule. Missing, stale, contradictory or materially changed evidence automatically returns the affected function to Candidate or Suspended state.