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# O.C.G.A. § 24-10-1002. Requirement of original.

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

## 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).