{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-18.1004","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 18.1004","heading":"Admissibility of other evidence of contents.","body":"(a) The original is not required, and other evidence of the contents of a writing, recording, or photograph is admissible if:\n(1) Originals lost or destroyed. All originals are lost or have been destroyed, unless the proponent lost or destroyed them in bad faith; or\n(2) Original not obtainable. No original can be obtained by any available judicial process or procedure; or\n(3) Original in possession of opponent. At a time when an original was under the control of the party against whom offered, that party was put on notice, by the pleading or otherwise, that the contents would be a subject of proof at the hearing, and that party does not produce the original at the hearing; or\n(4) Collateral matters. The writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.\n(b) [Reserved]","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Labor","PART 18—RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS BEFORE THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES","Subpart B—Rules of Evidence"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"b1de765397f11b28705c731a2238aab019502e6a14fe3c3d94213d338e2cf0d2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-18.1003","next":"us/29-cfr-18.1005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}