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NRS 52.255

Admissibility of other evidence of contents

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Young v. Nevada Title Co. (1987)

Most recently applied in Tomlinson v. State (July 1994)

(Added to NRS by 1971, 801; A 1995, 182; 1997, 1593)

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Except as otherwise provided in NRS 52.247, the original is not required, and other evidence of the contents of a writing, recording or photograph is admissible, if:

1. All originals are lost or have been destroyed, unless the loss or destruction resulted from the fraudulent act of the proponent;

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.

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