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Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 3004

Admissibility of other evidence of contents

Added by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 1004, eff

The original is not required, and a duplicate or other evidence of the contents of a record is 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, the party was put on notice, by the pleadings or otherwise, that the contents would be a subject of proof at the hearings and the party does not produce the original at the hearing; or 4. The record is not closely related to a controlling issue.

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