{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-27-1004","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-1004","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-1004","body":"The original is not required, and other evidence of the contents of a writing, recording, or photograph is admissible if:\n\n(1) All originals are lost or have been destroyed, unless the proponent lost or destroyed them in bad faith; or\n\n(2) No original can be obtained by any available judicial process or procedure; or\n\n(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\n\n(4) The writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 27"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=27-1004","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"fd1fc3b14f8de59ce521b1460d9710cec603dede8ec38ba73b8339d08652eeb5","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-27-1003","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-27-1005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}