Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-3004
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Admissibility of other evidence of contents
Official statutory text
The original is not required, and a duplicate or other evidence
of the contents of a record is admissible if:
1. All originals are lost or have been destroyed unless the
proponent lost or destroyed them in bad faith;
2. No original can be obtained by any available judicial
process or procedure;
3. At a time when an original was under the control of the
party against whom offered, the party was put on notice, by the
pleadings or otherwise, that the contents would be a subject of
proof at the hearings and the party does not produce the original at
the hearing; or
4. The record is not closely related to a controlling issue.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure Page 492
of the contents of a record is admissible if:
1. All originals are lost or have been destroyed unless the
proponent lost or destroyed them in bad faith;
2. No original can be obtained by any available judicial
process or procedure;
3. At a time when an original was under the control of the
party against whom offered, the party was put on notice, by the
pleadings or otherwise, that the contents would be a subject of
proof at the hearings and the party does not produce the original at
the hearing; or
4. The record is not closely related to a controlling issue.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure Page 492
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