Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 3004
Admissibility of Other Evidence of Contents
Effective Nov 1, 2002Laws 1978, SB 276, c. 285, § 1004, eff. October 1, 1978; Amended by Laws 1995, SB 401, c. 135, § 2, eff. November 1, 1995; Amended by Laws 2002, HB 1939, c. 468, § 68, emerg. eff. November 1, 2002 (superseded document available).
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.
Laws 1978, SB 276, c. 285, § 1004, eff. October 1, 1978; Amended by Laws 1995, SB 401, c. 135, § 2, eff. November 1, 1995; Amended by Laws 2002, HB 1939, c. 468, § 68, emerg. eff. November 1, 2002 (superseded document available).