Nevada Statutes
§ 52.255 — Admissibility of other evidence of contents
Nevada·Title 4 WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE·Ch. 52 Documentary· CONTENTS OF WRITINGS, RECORDINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
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.
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Related
Lagrange Construction, Inc. v. KENT CORPORATION
496 P.2d 766 (Nevada Supreme Court, 1972)
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(D. Nevada, 2024)
Tomlinson v. State
878 P.2d 311 (Nevada Supreme Court, 1994)
Legislative History
(Added to NRS by 1971, 801 ; A 1995, 182 ; 1997, 1593 )
Nearby Sections
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§ 52.035
Handwriting: Nonexpert opinion§ 52.065
Identification by voice§ 52.075
Telephone calls§ 52.085
Public records and reports§ 52.105
Process or system§ 52.115
Foreign public documents§ 52.135
Official publications§ 52.145
Newspapers; periodicals