LAYING THE BASIS FOR INTRODUCTION

I. a. The offeror must prove the

execution and existence of the original
document.
b. The offeror must show the cause of
its unavailability; and
c. The offeror must show that the
unavailability was not due to his bad
faith.
II. a. that the original exists;
b. that said document is under the
custody or control of the adverse
party;
c. that the proponent of secondary
evidence has given the adverse party
reasonable notice to produce the
original document; and
d. that the adverse party failed to
produce the original document despite
the reasonable notice.

III. a. If the original consists of

numerous accounts or other
documents;
b. they cannot be examined in court
without great loss of time; and
c. the fact sought to be established
from them is only the general results
of the whole.
IV. Public records are generally not to
be removed from the places where
they are recorded and kept. This
certified copy is to be issued by the
public officer in custody of the public
records.