{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-19-19-1004","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 19-19-1004","heading":"Admissibility of other evidence of content.","body":"An original is not required and other evidence of the content of a writing, recording, or photograph is admissible if:\n(a) All the originals are lost or destroyed, and not by the proponent acting in bad faith;\n(b) An original cannot be obtained by any available judicial process;\n(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\n(d) The writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.","path":["TITLE 19. EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 19-19. SOUTH DAKOTA RULES OF EVIDENCE"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/19-19-1004","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"e7b3a1ecac6dc666085b456f5bd8e2858b8287707c194e650963f31285b75714","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-19-19-1003","next":"us-sd/sdcl-19-19-1005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}