{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8c-1-rule-1004","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8C-1, Rule 1004","heading":"Admissibility of other evidence of contents.","body":"The original is not required, and other evidence of the contents of a writing, recording, or photograph is admissible if:\n(1)\tOriginals Lost or Destroyed. - All originals are lost or have been destroyed, unless the proponent lost or destroyed them in bad faith; or\n(2)\tOriginal Not Obtainable. - No original can be obtained by any available judicial process or procedure; or\n(3)\tOriginal in Possession of Opponent. - At a time when an original was under the control of a 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\n(4)\tCollateral Matters. - The writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue. (1983, c. 701, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 8C. Evidence Code.","Article 10. Contents of Writings, Recordings and Photographs."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_8C/GS_8C-1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:52Z","sha256":"589484ec7a4d28937bc0520ed80965c8578955a741dd3a97c263a99afdf683b9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8c-1-rule-1003","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8c-1-rule-1005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}