§ 3004 Admissibility of Other Evidence of Contents

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§ 3004. Admissibility of Other Evidence of Contents

    The original is not required, and a duplicate or other evidence of the contents of a record is admissible if:

    1. All originals are lost or have been destroyed unless the proponent lost or destroyed them in bad faith;

    2. No original can be obtained by any available judicial process or procedure;

    3. At a time when an original was under the control of the party against whom offered, the party was put on notice, by the pleadings or otherwise, that the contents would be a subject of proof at the hearings and the party does not produce the original at the hearing; or

    4. The record is not closely related to a controlling issue.