Rule 1004 - Admissibility of other evidence of contentsThe original is not required, and other evidence of the contents of a writing, recording, or photograph is admissible if:
(1) Originals lost or destroyed. All originals are lost or have been destroyed, unless the proponent lost or destroyed them in bad faith; (2) Original not obtainable. No original can be obtained by any available judicial process or procedure; or (3) Original in possession of opponent. 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. Enacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 68; amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 25; renumbered (7/1/92) pursuant to 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34; Effective:July 1, 1992.