NRS 52.245

Admissibility of duplicates

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Archanian v. State (2006)

Most recently applied in BLIGE v. TERRY (December 2023)

(Added to NRS by 1971, 800; A 1995, 182)

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1. In addition to the situations governed by subsection 2, a duplicate is admissible to the same extent as an original unless:

(a) A genuine question is raised as to the authenticity of the original; or

(b) In the circumstances it would be unfair to admit the duplicate in lieu of the original.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 52.247, a duplicate is admissible to the same extent as an original if the person or office having custody of the original was authorized to destroy the original after preparing a duplicate, and in fact did so.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.