Section 24-10-1004. Admissibility of other evidence of contents of a writing, recording, or photograph

   The original shall not be required and other evidence of the contents of a writing, recording, or photograph shall be 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, that party was put on notice, by the pleadings 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

   (4) The writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.

Code 1981, § 24-10-1004, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.