24-10-1002. Requirement of original.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

To prove the contents of a writing, recording, or photograph, the original writing, recording, or photograph shall be required.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 24-10-1002, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

Cross references

Parol contracts, § 13-1-6. Statute of frauds, § 13-5-30 et seq. Parol evidence generally, T. 24, Ch. 3. Requirement of the original, Fed. R. Evid. 1002.

Law reviews

For article, “An Analysis of Georgia’s Proposed Rules of Evidence,” see 26 Ga. St. B.J. 173 (1990).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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