Nevada Revised Statutes Section 52.255 - Witnesses and Evidence

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, he was put on notice, by the pleadings or otherwise, that the contents would be a subject of proof at the hearing, and he does not produce the original at the hearing; or

4. The writing, recording or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.

Last modified: February 26, 2006