§ RULE 1004 ADMISSIBILITY OF OTHER EVIDENCE OF CONTENTS

RULE 1004. ADMISSIBILITY OF OTHER EVIDENCE OF CONTENTS

    The original is not required, and other evidence of the contents of a writing, recording, or photograph is admissible if:

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

    (2) Original not obtainable. No original can be obtained by any available judicial process or procedure; or

    (3) Original in possession of opponent. 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 content would be a subject of proof at the hearing, and that party does not produce the original at the hearing; or

    (4) Collateral matters. The writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.