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2017 Georgia Code
Title 24 - Evidence
Chapter 10 - Best Evidence Rule
§ 24-10-1004. Admissibility of other evidence of contents of a writing, recording, or photograph
Universal Citation: GA Code § 24-10-1004 (2017)
- The original shall not be required and other evidence of the contents of a writing, recording, or photograph shall be 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, that party was put on notice, by the pleadings or otherwise, that the contents would be a subject of proof at the hearing, and that party does not produce the original at the hearing; or
- (4) The writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.
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