Georgia § 24-10-1004 - Admissibility of other evidence of contents of a writing, recording, or photograph.
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§ 24-10-1004. Admissibility of other evidence of contents of a writing, recording, or photograph.
The original shall not be required and other evidence of the contents of a writing, recording, or photograph shall be admissible if: All originals are lost or have been destroyed, unless the proponent lost or destroyed them in bad faith; No original can be obtained by any available judicial process or procedure; 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 The writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue. (Code 1981, § 24-10-1004 , enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.) Cross references. - Recording lost or destroyed deeds, see § 44-2-12 . Admissibility of other evidence of content, Fed. R. Evid. 1004. Law reviews. - For comment on Mitchell v. United States, 214 Ga. 473 , 105 S.E.2d 337 (1958), see 21 Ga. B.J. 553 (1959).
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