Okla. Stat. tit. 12 § 3004

Current through Laws 2024, c. 135.
Section 3004 - Admissibility of other evidence of contents

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.

Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 3004

Added by Laws 1978, SB 276, c. 285, § 1004, eff. 10/1/1978; Amended by Laws 1995, SB 401, c. 135, § 2, eff. 11/1/1995; Amended by Laws 2002 , HB 1939, c. 468, §68, emerg. eff. 11/1/2002.