IN · rules
Ind. Evidence Rule 1004
Admissibility of Other Evidence of Contents
Effective January 1, 2014
An original is not required and other evidence of the content of a writing, recording, or photograph is
admissible if:
(a) all originals are lost or destroyed, and not by the proponent acting in bad faith;
(b) an original cannot be obtained by any available judicial process;
(c) the party against whom the original would be offered had control of the original; was at that
time put on notice, by pleadings or otherwise, that the original would be a subject of proof at the
trial or hearing; and fails to produce it at the trial or hearing; or
(d) the writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.
Provenance
- Source
- rules.incourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
- Edition
- supplied-in-06-2026-07-01
- Content hash
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