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§ 19-19-1004 Admissibility of other evidence of content.

SD Codified L § 19-19-1004 (2019) (N/A)
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19-19-1004. Admissibility of other evidence of content. An original is not required and other evidence of the content of a writing, recording, or photograph is admissible if:

(a) All the originals are lost or destroyed, and not by the proponent acting in bad faith;

(b) An original cannot be obtained by any available judicial process;

(c) The party against whom the original would be offered had control of the original; was at that time put on notice, by pleadings or otherwise, that the original would be a subject of proof at the trial or hearing; and fails to produce it at the trial or hearing; or

(d) The writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.Source: SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 1004); SDCL § 19-18-4; SL 2016, ch 239 (Supreme Court Rule 15-68), eff. Jan. 1, 2016.

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