52.255 - Admissibility of other evidence of contents.
52.255 Admissibility of other evidence of contents. 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.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 801; A 1995, 182; 1997, 1593)