{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-40.565","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 40.565","heading":"Rule 1004. 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 when:\n      (1) All originals are lost or have been destroyed, unless the proponent lost or destroyed them in bad faith;\n      (2) An original cannot be obtained by any available judicial process or procedure;\n      (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 the party does not produce the original at the hearing; or\n      (4) The writing, recording or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.","path":["01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure","4. Evidence and Witnesses","Chapter 40 — Evidence Code"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors040.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:10Z","sha256":"016b9a01ebddb900c3c622f0ea5db352477cfd56335c99fc4128ee7da34cb197","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-40.562","next":"us-or/ors-40.570"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}